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September 1997
Volume 61 |
Number 9
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RESIDENTS' REVIEW
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| Resident Component
Provides Forum for Discussion, Education |
Mary Beth Wieneke, M.D., Secretary
Resident Component Governing Council
Ignorance is bliss and apathy is easy, but together they are
extremely dangerous. As hardworking, dedicated physicians, we
have committed years to our careers and our profession. Thus,
it is imperative that we protect and strengthen our profession
and its reputation. The first step toward this goal is education.
For nearly a decade, the ASA
Resident Component has made resident education one of its
primary goals.
The specialty of anesthesiology and the medical profession as
a whole are in a state of flux. During these changing times, we
need to ask how residency programs are handling the shifts in
resident application numbers and how their priorities have changed.
We need to ask:
- How will shifts in the number of new and graduating residents
affect our current training and our future
profession?
- What part will nonphysician anesthesia providers play in the
future?
- Will there be a change in the quality of training
programs and applicants?
- Is there a way to expose medical students to the exciting
world of anesthesiology earlier in their medical careers?
These questions reveal simply the tip of an iceberg. The ASA
Resident Component provides a unique forum in which residents
can compare notes with their colleagues and educate themselves
about the issues weighing heavy on their minds.
Of course, after education comes action, action through effective
leadership. The annual meeting of the ASA Resident Component provides
a unique opportunity to help us put our education to work for
us.
Last year at the ASA
Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Resident Component
Governing Council offered a Resident Leadership Training/Grassroots
Advocacy Workshop. This workshop set out to guide residents in
their quest to become effective and successful leaders at their
institutions and in their communities. Last year's workshop was
so successful that it will be offered again at this year's ASA
Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. This workshop is just
one example of how the ASA Resident Component can help guide interested
residents into becoming more involved on the local and national
levels.
The ASA Resident Component has scheduled its annual meeting to
coincide with the ASA Annual Meeting activities. The four planned
functions of the ASA Resident Component are:
- Leadership Training/Grassroots Advocacy Workshop: Friday,
October 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. in Columbia 2, San Diego Marriott.
- Resident Reception: Friday, October 17, from 8 to 10
p.m. in Torrey 1-2, San Diego Marriott.
- Resident Component House of Delegates Meeting: Saturday,
October 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Regency Ballroom, Hyatt
Regency San Diego.
- Resident Forum: Sunday, October 19, from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m., in Manchester Ballroom G, Hyatt Regency San Diego.
Residents are also encouraged to attend the two meetings of the
ASA House of Delegates, which will begin at 9 a.m. on Sunday,
October 19, and at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, October 22.
Other events that may be of interest to residents include the
"Panel on New Practice Opportunities" scheduled for
9 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, October 21; "Panel on Managed
Care Update" scheduled for 9 a.m. until 12 noon on Tuesday,
October 21; and "Panel on the Changing Face of Anesthesia
Care," also scheduled for 9 a.m. until noon on Tuesday. In
addition, the American Board of Anesthesiology will hold an information
session between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 18,
in Room 6F of the San Diego Convention Center.
Mary Beth Wieneke, M.D., is a CA-4 Cardiac
Fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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