Curriculum
Department of Anesthesiology Didactics
At Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, the Anesthesiology faculty developed a comprehensive curriculum to reflect current changes in the ABA Basic Sciences and Advanced Examinations. This curriculum begins during the Clinical Base Year and continues throughout the residency.
Residents have protected lecture time (in which they are free from all clinical activity) each Friday from 0600 – 1130 with every residency class including the interns. In addition to these lectures, there is also a department-wide Morbidity & Mortality conference, also on Friday. These Friday morning lectures cover an extensive range of topics.
- Faculty directed, Resident Key Word presentation
- Faculty led Board Question Review
- Basic Science lectures
- Oral Board Scenarios
- TEE, TTE and US for Regional Anesthesia lectures with faculty in the Simulation Center
- Senior Resident led Weekly Chapter Review
- Resident Challenging Case Review
- Monthly Journal Club
Each Friday there is an opportunity for residents to participate in guided simulation scenario with faculty at our state of the art F. Marie Hall Simlife Center. This includes a pre-constructed scenario based on the ABA MOCA training guidelines in order to familiarize residents with simulation and challenging scenarios to better prepare residents for the Stage 2 APPLIED Examination.