# ROTATION NAME TOTAL GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND REMARKS

DURATION
(in months)

1. General Core 18 Exposure to a sufficient number of cases in all of the

Anesthesia following fields:
- Pre-Anesthesia Clinic/Acute Pain Service
- General Surgery
- Orthopedics
- Gynecology
- Urology
- Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)
- Dental
- Plastic Surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Remote Anesthesia (e.g. Radiology)
Trauma

2. Trauma Anesthesia 3 Allocation to hospitals with a high rate of trauma cases.

3. Obstetrics 6 Three months at junior level (R1–R3) and 3 months at

Anesthesia senior level (R4–R5)

4. Intensive Care 6 MICU: 2 months

SICU: 2–3 months
PICU/NICU: 1 month
CCU: 0–1 month

5. Internal Medicine 3 Cardiology: 1 month

Respiratory: 1 month
Elective (Nephrology, Endocrinology or Blood Bank): 1
month

6. Elective 6 Three months at junior level (R1–R3) and 3 months at

Rotation/Research senior level (R4–R5); this includes assigned rotations
(e.g. transfusion medicine and vascular anesthesia).

7. Cardiac Anesthesia 3 Allocation to cardiac anesthesia ORs, mainly in adult

cases.

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8. Pediatrics 3–4
Allocation to ORs with pediatrics surgery cases.
Anesthesia

9. Pain Medicine 2–3 Pain management (acute or chronic, nociceptive or

neuropathic, in inpatient or outpatient settings).

10. Regional 2–3 Exposure to various regional anesthesia techniques

Anesthesia under the supervision of qualified regional
anesthesiologists.

11. Thoracic/Vascular 2–3 Exposure to major thoracic pathology and comorbid

Anesthesia diseases, and experience with lung isolation techniques
and one lung ventilation, and postoperative care and
pain management; residents will also be exposed to
high-risk vascular surgical patients.

12. Neuroanesthesia 2–3 Exposure to anesthetic cases of patients undergoing

surgical treatment of diseases of the central nervous
system and spine.

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REQUIRED ROTATIONS FOR THE SENIOR YEARS (YEARS 4 AND 5)

 Each rotation lasts 3 months.

 The exact sequence of rotations shall be determined by the regional training

committee.

 The resident is required to undertake on-call duties during every rotation except
during elective rotations if they are allocated to non-clinical specialties or duties.

 The resident is expected to perform one of four or three on-call duties per month.

 The annual leave follows the SCFHS rules and regulations (4 weeks + one public
holiday + one academic week with approval of program coordinator) each year.

 It is not recommended to take more than 2 weeks of leave during any given rotation.

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