Residency Program Clinical Rotations

Residents gain valuable experience during clinical rotations at UCI Medical Center and at various outside healthcare systems caring for a diverse patient population.

UCI Medical Center is the primary teaching site and offers a high level of complexity of cases for residency training during the clinical anesthesia years. Residents will also gain valuable experience rotating at various healthcare systems such as the VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Children's Hosptail of Orange County (CHOC), and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.

Residents gain experience with providing anesthesia for a variety of cases including orthopedics, gynecology, ENT, neurosurgery, trauma, vascular and general surgery. In addition, residents rotate in the preoperative clinic, post-anesthesia care unit, intensive care units and the acute pain service to broaden experiences with perioperative care.

Fundamental Clinical Skills Education (PGY-1)

The PGY-1 year is designed to create well-rounded perioperative physicians by training in a wide variety of clinical specialties and exposure to different clinical environments. Residents rotate through these locations in four-week blocks, concluding together as an intern class with the anesthesiology rotation to ensure a smooth transition into the first clinical anesthesia year.

Sample PGY-1 Rotation Schedule

# of weeks	Rotation - Location
4	Anesthesiology - UCI Medical Center
4	Emergency Medicine - UCI Medical Center
24	Medical Intensive Care Unit Internal Medicine - VA Long Beach Healthcare System
4	Obstetrics (High-risk) - Long Beach Medical Center
4	Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - Long Beach Medical Center
2	Perioperative Care - UCI Medical Center
2	Point-of-Care Ultrasound - UCI Medical Center
4	Surgery - Long Beach Medical Center
4	Surgical Critical Care - VA Long Beach Healthcare System

Clinical Anesthesia Years (CA-1 to CA-3)

During the Clinical Anesthesia Years, residents have the opportunity to rotate through all of the below rotations at UCI Medical Center and at affiliated teaching institutions. The CA-1 year is developed to provide residents a firm foundation in basic anesthesiology and perioperative care. After a year of obtaining a strong foundation in anesthesiology, the CA-2 year focuses on different subspecialties of anesthesiology. In the final year of residency training, the CA-3 year focuses on preparing residents for independent practice and creating physician leaders. CA-3 residents are preferentially assigned high-acuity, complex cases and have the opportunity to experience international anesthesia practice, participate in the Global Outreach Initiative and choose electives to supplement their education.

Sample Clinical Anesthesia Years Rotation Schedule

# of weeks	Year	Rotation - Location
4	CA-1	Acute Pain - UCI Medical Center
4	CA-3	Advanced Airway - UCI Medical Center
4	CA-1	Ambulatory - UCI Medical Center
8	CA-1, CA-2	Cardiovascular Anesthesia - UCI Medical Center
4	CA-1	Chronic Pain - UCI Center for Pain & Wellness
8	CA-1, CA-2	Critical Care - UCI Medical Center
2	CA-3	Global Outreach Initiative - Varies
8	CA-1, CA-2	Neuroanesthesia - UCI Medical Center
2	CA-3	Non-operative Room Anesthesia - UCI Medical Center
8	CA-1, CA-2	Obstetric Anesthesia - UCI Medical Center, Long Beach Medical Center
2	CA-3	OR Management and Supervisory Rotation - UCI Medical Center
2	CA-1	Perioperative Care - UCI Medical Center
10	CA-2, CA-3	Pediatric Anesthesia - Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
2	CA-3	Point-of-Care Ultrasound - UCI Medical Center
2	CA-1	Post-Anesthesia Care Unit - UCI Medical Center
4	CA-2	Regional Anesthesia - UCI Medical Center