Residency Educational Objectives

Requirement: Resident must have completed the basic Obstetrical Anesthesia Rotation requirement at Johns Hopkins Hospital prior to being considered for an elective rotation in Obstetrical Anesthesia at Franklin Square Hospital Center:

I. Manual skills development:

Goal: to master skills, with an emphasis on efficiency. Demonstrate mastery of basic skills by:

• Epidural catheter placement:
  • most completed in less than 10 min
  • low epidural replacement rate
  • low rate of PDPH
  • high patient satisfaction rate
  • 80% success rate
• SAB placement
  • time target 5 min,
  • success rate more than 90%
• General anesthesia
  • rapid, safe initiation and conduct of care
    

II. Enhance ability to act as consultant

A. Goal: Formulate anesthesia plans for high-risk parturients,

• prior to onset of labor
• when patient is admitted to labor floor
• for problems that arise following delivery of the infant
  

B. Goal: Presentation of lectures related to obstetric anesthesia at departmental conferences

III. Development of management & leadership skills

A. Goal: Demonstration of ability to be independent upon completion of training

B. Goal: Demonstrate ability to coordinate effective and safe care on a busy obstetrical anesthesia service

C. Goal: Development of appropriate communication skills with nurses and surgeons

D. Goal: Demonstration of effective and professional leadership and management