Current opinion in anaesthesiology
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To summarize the currently available data on malpractice claims related to ambulatory anesthesia and provide an insight into the emerging patterns of anesthesia liability in this practice setting. ⋯ With steady increase in outpatient surgery, anesthesiologists are confronted with new areas of liability. More data are needed to identify these risks and reduce exposure to malpractice claims.
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Dec 2012
ReviewBlended learning in anesthesia education: current state and future model.
Educators in anesthesia residency programs across the country are facing a number of challenges as they attempt to integrate blended learning techniques in their curriculum. Compared with the rest of higher education, which has made advances to varying degrees in the adoption of online learning anesthesiology education has been sporadic in the active integration of blended learning. The purpose of this review is to discuss the challenges in anesthesiology education and relevance of the Universal Design for Learning framework in addressing them. ⋯ This review examines recent literature pertaining to this field, both in the realm of higher education in general and medical education in particular, and proposes the application of a comprehensive learning model that is new to anesthesiology education and relevant to its goals of promoting self-directed learning.
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Patient safety is topical today. Competent professionals are necessary to keep anesthesia care safe, and teaching trainees is an important element in safety work. The purpose of this review is to present the latest research on anesthesia training and trainees. ⋯ Much research about anesthesia training concerns simulator training and assessment of trainees' competence. More research is needed to understand the process of learning anesthesia.
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Dec 2012
ReviewDifficult airway management in an ambulatory surgical center?
This review will focus on two key aspects of difficult airway management in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC). First, the selection process of patients with known difficult airways suitable for this environment, and second, the requirements of a difficult airway cart to manage unexpected airway problems. ⋯ The management of ambulatory surgical practices must provide suitable difficult airway management equipment as well as technical and nontechnical training. Patients may present to an ASC with expected and unexpected difficult airways. Appropriate management of these patients requires advance planning to avoid poor outcomes.