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January
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Volume 66 |
Number
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RESIDENTS'
REVIEW
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Review of the Annual Resident Component Meeting |
Carlos L. Moreno, M.D., Chair
Resident Component Governing Counci
The ASA Resident Component meeting was held in October 2001 during
the ASA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was an exciting
meeting, and it was a pleasure to meet so many energized anesthesiology
residents. We covered a lot of ground during the Leadership Training/Grassroots
Advocacy Program, the Resident Component House of Delegates and
the Annual Residents Forum. While many residents turned out and
participated in these sessions, I would like to review the highlights
in this article for those who did not make it. Moreover, I want
to reiterate the importance of sharing this information with all
anesthesiology residents so as to increase awareness and perhaps
fuel interest in getting involved in your ASA. We must remember
that we are only as strong as our active membership, and communication
is the key for keeping our resident members in the loop. If any
anesthesiology resident has questions regarding the work of ASA,
he or she can contact any member of the Resident Component Governing
Council (see <www.ASAhq.org/asarc/officers.html>
for contact information).
Congratulations to the newest members of the Resident Component
Governing Council: Bracken J. DeWitt, M.D., Ph.D., Chair-Elect;
Sherri Y. Burton, D.O., Alternate Delegate; and James F. Weller,
M.D., Secretary. Lastly, I want to thank all residents who ran
for national offices and were not elected; I encourage you to
stay involved, as there are many leadership opportunities at local,
state and national levels. Anyone with further questions can direct
them to me at <clmoreno@umich.edu>.
The following items were discussed during each of these resident
sessions.
Leadership Training/Grassroots Advocacy
This is a forum held on the Friday evening preceding the ASA
Annual Meeting. A panel of ASA Political Action Committee (ASAPAC)
board members, representatives from our ASA Washington Office
and legal counsel for ASA update residents on medical and legal
as well as political issues involving anesthesiologists nationwide.
This year’s update concerned the nurse anesthetist/physician
supervision ruling. A lively reception for all residents in attendance
followed this session.
ASA Resident Component House of Delegates
This session was held on the Saturday afternoon of the ASA Annual
Meeting. The meeting began with three guest speakers addressing
a variety of anesthesia-related topics. ASA President-Elect [for
2001], Barry M. Glazer, M.D., spoke on reimbursement and scope-of-practice
issues. Rodney C. Osborn, M.D., now past Chair of ASAPAC, updated
the Resident Component House on scope-of-practice issues as well
as reviewing the guidelines for delivery of safe office-based
anesthesia. Lastly, Ronald L. Harter, M.D., Chair of the Committee
on Young Physicians, explained the role of the Committee on Young
Physicians and encouraged residents to join state component societies.
Special recognition was given to both Ronald A. Mackenzie, D.O.,
Immediate Past President, for his commitment to medical student
and resident education, and Thomas B. Bralliar, M.D., Chair of
the Committee on Residents and Medical Students, for his outstanding
work and support of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Airway Workshops.
The Resident Component House of Delegates, in addition to electing
new members to the Resident Component Governing Council [Table
1], discussed and passed seven resolutions:
- Resolution 1 called for the integration of advanced trauma
life support into the core curriculum of anesthesiology residency
programs.
- Resolution 2 asked that the Resident Component encourage the
American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) to establish a system
that facilitates the ability for residents to pursue elective
rotations outside their residency program.
- Resolution 3 asked that the Resident Component encourage the
Committee on Communications to include resident nominees for
the anesthesia recognition award.
- Resolution 4 asked ASA to consider expanding the AMSA Airway
Management Teaching Program to include regional resident scientific
meetings.
- Resolution 5 asked the chair of the Resident Component to
write a letter to every program director asking that preference
be given to residents to provide regional anesthesia in those
cases involving regional anesthesia.
- Resolution 6 called for ABA to change the “Pain Management”
subspecialty name to “Pain Medicine.”
- Resolution 7 asked the chair of the Resident Component to
write a letter to the Society for Education in Anesthesia and
the Association of Anesthesiology Program Directors encouraging
the incorporation of didactics as well as transesophageal echocardiography
in their curricula.
Resolutions requiring letters from the chair of the Resident
Component will be submitted to the appropriate individuals and
their responses will be posted in a future “Chair’s
Page” update at <www.asahq.org/asarc/chief.html>.
Resident
Component Governing Council Officers for 2002
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Chair
Carlos L. Moreno, M.D., |
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Chair-Elect
Bracken J. DeWitt, M.D., Ph.D. |
Owings Mills, Maryland |
Secretary
James F. Weller, M.D. |
Baltimore, Maryland |
Delegate
Jason T. Vigue, M.D. |
Durham, North Carolina |
Alternate Delegate
Sherri Y. Burton, D.O. |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Residents’ Forum
This residents-only forum was held on Sunday morning. Items discussed
included: bringing new fellows and attendings into the Resident
Forum to discuss job opportunities in academics and private practice,
increasing residency program interest in ASAPAC, creating Web
links from the Resident Component page to career development Web
sites (for example, <www.scutwork.com>,
<www.theanswerpage.com>,
<www.realresidentmd.com>)
and instructions and review of how to apply for reimbursement
of Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes for residents (see
<www.MDTAXES.com>).
Committee Appointments
Deadline for committee requests was December 31, 2001. To all
residents who have already submitted materials, I have not forgotten
about you. Selection of committee members will not be completed
until May 1, 2002. I would like to announce the appointment of
the two new Resident Co-Editors for the ASA NEWSLETTER:
Jill M. Mhyre, M.D., and Carlos O. Viesca, M.D. These two individuals
will be the contacts for anyone wishing to submit an article for
the ASA NEWSLETTER. Their contact information will be posted
on the ASA resident Web page at <www.ASAhq.org/asarc/officers.html>.
Airway Management Workshops
ASA will be conducting its Annual Airway Workshop at the AMSA
National Meeting. This year’s meeting will be March 6-10,
2002, at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Houston, Texas. I am looking
for anesthesiology residents from the local programs to help conduct
these airway management workshops, which are designed to introduce
medical students to the basics of airway management.
We also will begin coordinating with regional resident scientific
meetings to conduct additional airway workshops for residents
(and students) attending these meetings. Anyone interested in
participating in the workshop should contact Carlos L. Moreno,
M.D., for more information.
Legislative Conference
The ASA Legislative Conference is scheduled to take place in
Washington, D.C., on April 29-May 1, 2002. Attending this conference
provides a unique way to get involved with the political branch
of ASA. Past activities include briefings on health care issues
being discussed on Capitol Hill and speeches by members of Congress
as well as opportunities to participate in lobbying efforts. Interested
residents should contact their state component societies for further
details.
I would once again like to take the opportunity to graciously
thank Tripti C. Kataria, M.D., Fran Thayer, M.D., and John D.
Cabral, M.D., for their leadership and outstanding service to
the Resident Component. A special thanks goes out to Christine
A. Doyle, M.D., our Webmaster, for her outstanding work on the
Resident Component homepage. May the future bring all of you happiness,
health and good fortune.
If any resident member has questions, concerns or issues related
to his or her anesthesia training, please feel free to contact
me. I look forward to working with all of you over the next year.
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Carlos L. Moreno, M.D., is a CA-3 resident at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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