Specialty Designation
Fellowship
In same state as program
9
Non-medical career/left country
2
Number of accredited programs
42
Length of accredited training
Minimum number of prior years required
Offers graduate year 1 positions, available immediately upon medical school completion
No
Average number of PY1 interviews
11.30
Percent of programs requiring Step 1 score for interview
83.30
Percent of programs requiring Level 1 score (for DOs) for interview
57.10
Total number of active residents/fellows
Average number of residents/fellows
2.00
Average percent female
42.30
Average percent international medical graduates
34.70
Average percent DOs
10.50
Average number of full-time physician faculty
13.40
Average number of part-time physician faculty
0.50
Average percent female full-time physician faculty
35.10
Average ratio of full-time physician faculty to resident/fellow
7.40
Average hours on duty per week
49.60
Average maximum consecutive hours on duty
19.00
Average days off duty per week
1.70
Average percent of training in hospital outpatient clinics
15.70
Average percent of training in non-hospital ambulatory care community settings
8.10
Average number of days of vacation
18.50
Average resident/fellow compensation
Specialty Overview
Regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine focuses on the peri-operative management of acute pain of the surgical and non-surgical patient using both interventional and non-interventional modes of analgesia.
Fellowship training should result in the development of expertise in the practice and theory of regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine. Specifically, the scope of this specialty includes: pre-operative evaluation and management of acute pain, including indications and contraindications for interventional pain management techniques; intra-operative application of multimodal analgesia, including regional anesthesia (with or without general anesthesia); post-operative application of regional analgesia in inpatients and outpatients; peri-operative multimodal acute pain management of surgical patients; and, acute pain management of hospitalized non-surgical patients.
Association
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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