Education and training in advanced airway management as part of an anesthesiology residency program is necessary to help\r\nresidents attain the status of expert in difficult airway management. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education\r\n(ACGME) emphasizes that residents in anesthesiology must obtain significant experience with a broad spectrum of airway\r\nmanagement techniques. However, there is no specific number required as aminimumclinical experience that should be obtained\r\nin order to ensure competency. We have developed a curriculum for a new Advanced Airway Techniques rotation. This rotation\r\nis supplemented with a hands-on Difficult AirwayWorkshop.We describe here this comprehensive advanced airway management\r\neducational program at our institution. Future studies will focus on determining if education in advanced airway management\r\nresults in a decrease in airway related morbidity and mortality and overall better patients� outcome during difficult airway\r\nmanagement.
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