The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine doesn't roll out CBD until July 2023.
Typically anesthesia residents are assigned 15 shifts per block. Keep in mind that a minimum of 12 shifts are required if you plan on taking vacation.
Division of Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics) contacts for anesthesia residents:
One EPA request per shift.
Be aware that the emergency physician you work with may not be aware of the EPAs or CBD in general. Take this opportunity to explain and teach about what your needs are while keeping in mind the balance required for a busy clinical practice.
If you are not able to get an EPA assessment done during your shift, you must push a daily evaluation to your consultant from that shift in one45.
Pre-emptively focus on an EPA for the shift. But, given the nature of the Emergency Department and that you cannot predict what kinds of patients you will see that day, understand the relevant EPAs listed below. In other words, these are are Ad Hoc EPAs.
Even in an emergency situation, if you recognize that there is an applicable EPA, you will have time to briefly mention to your consultant what that EPA is and if you can be observed and then assessed on it afterwards. Below are copies of paper-based assessment forms you can print out in the event your Observer does not have ePortfolio access.
Remember, be pro-active and you will need to educate your off-service consultants about general CBD concepts.
There is one EPA that you can only do on this rotation, unless you do an elective in general pediatrics which is unlikely: EPA F 2.26 and you need 6 observations of achievement.
Please focus on EPA 2.26, but you may also cover the following EPAs during this rotation:
Assessing and managing pediatric patients with common medical conditions
LIKELY ONLY DONE DURING THIS ROTATION
Assessing, diagnosing, and initiating management for patients with common acute medical or surgical presentations in acute care settings
Providing resuscitation and comprehensive management, including crisis resource management, for patients presenting with a life-threatening emergency, across the spectrum of age
Providing resuscitation and comprehensive management for the pediatric patient (over the age of one year) presenting with a serious or life-threatening emergency
Establishing and managing difficult intravenous access and invasive monitoring for pediatric patients (above the age of one year)