Riverside County Regional Medical Center

26520 Cactus Avenue • Moreno Valley, CA 92555 •
http://www.rcrmc.org/

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(951) 486-4000

Riverside County Regional Medical Center.

Osteopathic Director of Medical Education: Roger C. Garrison, D.O.

Residency Coordinator: Denise Adams

Anesthesiology Residency

• Entrance requirements: Houseofficer candidates must be graduates of an approved school of osteopathic medicine accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The Osteopathic Post-Graduate Year-1 (OPGY-1) is required for entry to the Clinical Anesthesia training program. The training year will be consistent with AOA requirements for an AOA rotating internship.

• Curriculum:  After the initial training month, residents enter the CA-1 training track. This consists of six months of basic anesthesia training in the OR, one month in the surgical intensive care unit at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, one month in the post-anesthesia care unit, one month of introductory obstetric anesthesia, and two weeks of introductory cardiac anesthesia. The CA-2 year represents a continuation of the basic training started in the CA-1 year with progression to more complex cases in the general OR, three months of pediatric anesthesia, one month on the pain service, two months in cardiac, thoracic and major vascular anesthesia. The CA-3 training year consists of subspecialty training in pain, obstetric anesthesia from six to nine months may be offered to residents demonstrating appropriate progress in training, motivation and career interest in these fields.
• Call Requirements: Resident duty hours are established to optimize both resident education and patient care and to safeguard against excessive use of the resident in providing services merely to fulfill institutional obligations.

  1. Residents will work no more than 26 hours on any continuous duty stretch.
  2. Residents are assigned to no more than one overnight on-call assignment every three nights. The usual frequency is one call night every four nights
  3. Average duty hours are approximately 70 to 80 hours per week, which include Friday or Saturday call assignments.
  4. Residents are assured of at least one full day off per week and two weekend days off each month.

• Policies for Trainee Retention and Completion: The Clinical Competence Committee (CCC) consists of a cross section of faculty members who meet regularly to assess the clinical and academic progress of resident trainees. The committee meets a minimum of every three months to review faculty evaluations, examination performances and participation in clinical and didactic programs of each individual resident. The CCC is directed by the CCC Chairman who acts as the primary liaison between the CCC and the Department Chairman. The goal of the CCC resident evaluations is to recommend actions which will best redirect the resident who is falling behind the expected level of performance at their level of training. These recommendations may range from encouragement to read and participate more actively in didactic programs to academic probation with significant training restrictions and requirements. CCC decisions are a group action to assure objectivity and to eliminate individual bias. The CCC evaluation process is designed to assist and guide the resident to successful completion of training with minimal disruption of progress.
• Rights and Responsibilities/Appeals Procedures: The Clinical Competence Committee (CCC) is responsible for evaluating intern and resident's performance and the Postgraduate Training program on a quarterly basis. If this committee makes a recommendation for disciplinary action, the intern or resident may appeal to the Executive Steering Education Committee. On receipt of written notification of disciplinary action or probationary status, the affected house staff member has the right to request an appeal. The Director of Medical Education will schedule a meeting of the Medical Education Committee, at which time the case will be heard. The appeal meeting of the Medical Education Committee will take place no later than thirty (30) days following receipt of written request for appeal from the affected house staff. The response to this appeal may be appealed by writing the Executive Committee and the Hospital's Board. Each level of appeal must be in writing within ten (10) working days.

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