About Our Residency

• Only level 1 Trauma Center in the region
• Safety net hospital
• Advantages of smaller program
• Tailored mentoring
• Early entry into anesthesia and subspecialities
• Experts in quality improvement and patient safety
• Extensive regional anesthesia experience
• Jacksonville has something for everyone:
  • Water, hiking, sports, theatre, beaches, sunshine
• International airport
• We think we’re fun!

Clinical Locations

Anesthesia Training (February, PGY-1)

This integrated intern year pathway allows residents to begin their anesthesia training in February of PGY-1, providing earlier specialty exposure and a more streamlined transition into advanced clinical practice.

Orientation to Anesthesia

• Paired 1:1 with senior residents x 6 weeks
• Daily lecture series
  • Baby Miller
• “Bring your family to work” day
  • Show your people what you do

Call Requirements

Outside Rotations: As per service

• IM Wards – late calls, no overnights
• Surgery, SICU – night float system
• On service anesthesia rotations:
  • Night float system
  • Weekend days are off
  • Call starts after 5 months of anesthesia training
  • Thursday – Wednesday 7pm – 7 am
    • Average of 3-4 weeks per year
• Pediatric WCH 24 hr calls

Night Float Duties

Graduated Responsibilities Based on Level of Training:

• PGY-1 and PGY-2: Primary provider for all emergency and trauma cases, manage pain service. The goal of this rotation is to provide primary experience in the management of trauma and emergency cases.
• PGY-3: Provide OB coverage and acute pain coverage enhancing skills in triage, communication and systems-based practice. The goal is to provide experience in the management of multiple patients and resources.
• PGY-4: Carry the on call anesthesia attending phone, triage cases, make decisions on anesthesia cases and manage the anesthesia team during emergency, trauma, and complex cases. The goal is to provide the junior attending role; where team management, systems-based practice and communication skills are demonstrated and developed.

Other Trainees

• Medical Students
  • UF and auditioning students, paired with anesthesia residents
• OMFS Residents
  • 6 months, anesthesia orientation and then general anesthesia
• Mayo Anesthesia Residents
  • 2 months OB anesthesia, SICU, Trauma elective
• Non-Anesthesia Residents (EM, Ortho, etc)
  • Primarily paired with CRNA/CAAs
• Student Nurse Anesthetists
  • Paired with CRNA
  • Occasional interaction with sRNAs when night AIC
  • University of Florida doesn’t have it own dedicated SRNA program

Benefits

• Free health insurance and covered parking
  • Dental and vision are extra
• Vacation, sick, and conference time
  • Total time away from training still depended on ABA requirements
• Extra monetary benefits:
  • Yearly meal stipend ~$1800
  • Academic allowance $1500 (PGY1) $2250 (PGY2,3,4)
  • ITE yearly performance bonus
  • Internal moonlighting allowed
• Dedicated education day each Wednesday with didactics in the mornings and protected wellness/personal time in the afternoons.

Resources

• Baby Miller, Morgan and Mikhail
• Subscription to TrueLearn
  • ITE, Basic, and Advanced questions
• “Wellness” budget and activities
• Center for Healthy Minds and Practice (CHAMP)
  • Free, confidential, on-site phycological support
  • Coaching and counselling available

Didactic Program

Year long curriculum utilizing Morgan and Mikhail:

• 7-8 a.m. – Grand Rounds
• 8:30-9:30 a.m. – Board Prep
  • Rotates between resident driven keyword review, group written exam, and group mock oral exam
• 9:30-11:30 a.m. – Two 1- hour learning sessions/lectures
• 11:30-12:30 a.m. – Rotates between QI/EBM/POCUS
• Simulation Quarterly
• Half Day Workshops:
  • Airway management, thoracic boot camp
  • Practice management, principles of ultrasound, etc.

Quality Improvement Patient Safety Series

• Institutional 3-year curriculum
• PGY1
  • Orientation: Introduction to types of errors, just culture, patient safety communications, adverse event reporting, and wellness resources
  • Didactic and Simulation: An in-depth two-hour small-group training covering the fundamentals of patient safety in a multi-specialty, interprofessional setting
• PGY 2
  • AMA Foundations of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Courses
  • Mock RCA Workshop
  • Lead an RCA system review of an actual case and present at QI grand rounds
• PGY3
  • Completion of Quality Improvement Project of choice

Research and Evidenced Based Management

• Monthly journal clubs: how to analyze literature
• Opportunities to be involved in research
  • Case reports, retrospective reviews, quality improvement
• National Presentations
  • Most residents present at least once at a national or international meeting

Where Do Residents Go After Graduation?

2026 Grads:

• Pain Fellowship
• Academic Practice (UF Jax)
• Private Practice (2)

2025 Grads:

• CT Fellowship then Academic (UF Jax)
• Pain Fellowship
• Academic Practice (UF Jax)
• Private Practice

2024 Grads:

• CT Fellowship
• Neuroanesthesia Fellowship
• Academic practice (UF Jax)
• Private Practice

2023 Grads:

• Pain Fellowship (3)
• Private Practice (2)