Caseload: Learn by Doing

Hopkins residents are exposed to a wide variety of challenging cases during their training. As you may know, the ACGME requires each resident to do a certain number of each type of case before they may sit for the board exam. If you'd like to know the specifics about what the ACGME requires, click here to check out the requirements on the ACGME website. The pertinent information can be found on page 15 of the document.

Case Type	Number Required	National Average	Hopkins Average
Anesthesia for Vaginal Delivery including High-Risk OB	40	120.6	118.9
Anesthesia for Cesarean Section	20	76.4	59.8
Anesthesia for Children 3-12YO	75	168.7	237.1
Anesthesia for Children 3 months-3YO	20	57	89.8
Anesthesia for Children <3 months old	5	42.6	65
Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery including CPB	20	46.3	41
Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery	20	40.1	36.4
Anesthesia for Non-Cardiac Intrathoracic Surgery	20	43.1	56
Anesthesia for Intracranial Surgery	20	59.1	162.1
Patients Undergoing Anesthesia in which Epidural Analgesia/Anesthesia is Used	40	178.2	192.7
New Acute or Chronic Pain Patient Evaluation	20	132	105.7
Anesthesia for Patients with Complex, Life-Threatening Injuries (Trauma)	20	50.8	48.8
Patients Undergoing Anesthesia in which Spinal Anesthesia is Used	40	108.4	101.3
Peripheral Nerve Blocks	40	102.7	101.5
*Total Cases*	*400*	*1157*	*1272*

Other Case/Procedure	National Average	Hopkins Average
Ambulatory	484.7	302.8
Deliberate Hypotension	14.3	5.6
Insertion of Peripheral Arterial Catheters	193.4	271.6
Insertion of Pulmonary Artery Catheters	46.6	38.8
Insertion of Central Venous Catheters	94.0	108.8
Fiberoptic Intubation	38.5	51
Transesophageal Echocardiography	39.7	17
Double Lumen ETT Placement	26.7	47.1
LMA Placement	141	161.2
EEG Monitoring	30.4	28.1
Evoked Potential Monitoring	20.3	53.7
*Total Other Cases/Procedures*	*644.8*	*783.0*

In addition, residents are required to demonstrate experience in the care of acute postoperative pain, patients in the preoperative evaluation clinic, and critically ill patients in the ICU. At Hopkins, we have required rotations that are designed to meet these requirements and train exceptionally capable and well-rounded consultant anesthesiologists.

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