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Clinical Rotations

Our residency's clinical rotation schedule offers flexibility for elective rotations and personal needs.

To learn more about our program, visit the Testimonials and Tours page for a look at the structure and culture of our program from a resident perspective or download the Residency Applicant Handbook for complete program details.

Year One - CBY

Year Two - CA1

Year Three - CA2

Year Four - CA3

Our Clinical Base Year (CBY) provides a unique blend of rotations specifically chosen to prepare our residents for their future in anesthesiology and care of the patient in the perioperative period. Our year is distinctive in that you will work with private practice physicians and academic departments.

On private practice rotations, you will often be the only resident working one-on-one with the attending faculty while receiving extensive clinical experience with personal didactic instruction and guidance. Academic rotations bring opportunity to develop very important team skills, as you will be a member of the team of residents covering a particular service, and participate in that department’s structured didactic programs. In the CBY year, you will learn to function with varying levels of autonomy, and you will continue the process of assimilating into the role of a physician.

The rotations include:

Anesthesiology
Cardiology (private practice and Nebraska Medicine)
Critical Care (Anesthesiology and Trauma Surgery)
Emergency medicine
General surgery
Internal medicine (inpatient and consult service)
Nephrology
Otolaryngology (2 weeks)
Acute pain service (2 weeks)
Chronic pain service (2 weeks)
Transfusion medicine (2 weeks)

The Clinical Anesthesia 1 (CA1) year focuses on establishing general anesthesia skills in the operative setting with at least one month of Critical Care Anesthesiology (CCA). CA1 residents care for a wide range of patients, from outpatients to some of the most critically ill patients imaginable.

Rotations include:

Ambulatory surgery
Subspecialty introduction: Cardiothoracic, multispecialty, acute pain management
Anesthesia out of the OR
Basic echocardiography
Orthopedic surgery
Preoperative anesthesia screening clinic

The Clinical Anesthesia 2 (CA2) year builds upon the foundation of the CA1 year, but focuses on subspecialty rotations and more challenging care including:

Airway techniques (VA)
Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
Critical care anesthesiology
Pediatric anesthesiology
Multispecialty anesthesiology
Neuroanesthesiology
Obstetric anesthesiology
Anesthesiology for transplant surgery
Anesthesiology for thoracic and vascular surgery
Postoperative recovery unit anesthesia
Pain Medicine, including chronic pain management, and regional anesthesia and acute pain management

The Clinical Anesthesia Year 3 (CA3) offers advanced experiences in general and subspecialty anesthesia as well as the opportunity to pursue elective rotations selected by each resident. Options include:

Advanced airway techniques
Additional subspecialty experience
Private practice rotation, Bryan West Medical Center
Perioperative practice management
Research rotations
Global Health elective in Lusaka, Zambia

Case Logs


RRC Procedure	RRC Minimum	Program Average	National Program Average
Total Cardiac	20	87.1	54.2
Total Cesarean Section	20	38.9	65.1
Total Epidural	40	127.9	106.6
Total Intracerebral	20	47	36
Total Intracerebral Open	11	37.5	28.8
Total Intrathoracic non-cardiac	20	38.6	31.8
Total Pain Evaluation - New Patient	20	60.7	55.5
Total Peripheral Nerve Block	40	255.9	181.4
Total Spinal	40	59.9	66.2
Total Vaginal Delivery	40	83	94.2
Total Vascular, major vessels	20	87.6	52.1
Total Life-Threatening Pathology	20	85.8	70.6
Patients < 3 months	5	9.6	9.1
Patients < 3 years	20	106.8	58.4
Patients < 12 years	100	242.2	146.6

infographic of anesthetics by location and type