Why UVA? A video by the UVA Anesthesia Residents

Video Produced by Harry Moxley - UVA Marketing, School of Medicine

A short video by the UVA anesthesia residents on why they chose to come to UVA and what they enjoy most about training here.

Audio Transcription:
[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER 1: What I thought was most important in choosing a residency program was finding a place that had strong clinical experience that balanced didactic learning as well, and finding a place that had a group of people with whom I felt really at home and a good nurturing environment to learn in; which are all things that I found at UVA.

SPEAKER 2: The biggest difference that I found between UVA and other residency programs I interviewed at was the six months of anesthesia we get during our intern year. So our intern year is built up of five months in the operating rooms, a month on chronic pain, and then six months of off service time. At other places I interviewed at, they only had a month or two of actual anesthesia in the operating room. So that was a big thing that stood out to me at UVA because that's what I'm coming to residency to do. That's what I love. And the opportunity to do that during intern year was very special.

SPEAKER 3: I would say one of the most unique aspects of the UVA anesthesia program is our high acuity case volume. Since we don't have fellows here, residents are exposed to fellow level cases pretty early on in residency. For instance, during your CA-3 year, we all do three weeks of peds cardiac anesthesia, which as someone who's going into peds anesthesia, that's probably been the highlight of residency so far for me.

SPEAKER 4: I think the education experience here at UVA is really strong. We have weekly lectures that are catered to CA-0 and CA-1 years, as well as CA-2 and CA-3 years that are separate. And weekly grand rounds. We have quarterly education days that incorporate simulations and wellness into our curriculum as well. Our attendings are very good at teaching intraoperatively. And senior residents can take weekly education electives that will allow them to do more out of the OR learning as well.

SPEAKER 5: The transition from being a medical student to becoming an intern is a little different here because I started on my six months of anesthesia. We had about six weeks where we were doing workshops, lectures, shadowing upper-level residents, and working with another intern in an attending. After those six weeks, you're on your own in your operating room, which is very exciting. We have a lot of independence here. But an attending is always a short call away when we need them.

SPEAKER 6: What I enjoy most about residency at UVA is honestly the people. All the attendings and residents here are incredibly nice people. And they are very supportive of any of your career choices, personal choices that you make. The residents here I found are incredibly nice, warm, and welcoming. And I've made some of my best friends here already in my short one year doing anesthesia exclusively. I think what I've come to appreciate most about UVA anesthesia during residency is the faculty commitment to resident training, as well as just their future in general. They'll really tailor your training and your rotations here to fit where you see yourself being not just after residency, but also ten years down the line.

SPEAKER 7: What drew me to UVA the most was the Global Health Program here within our anesthesia department. It's rare to find programs that have a very strong and very developed global health program with countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Asian Pacific. And so my interest in global health and my goals to practice global health in the future are really what brought me to UVA. I think another unique aspect of our program is our pod system. So just when you're entering as an incoming intern, you're assigned to a pod, which consists of two attending mentors as well as one person from each class in residency. And they serve as your support system during intern year. And really throughout residency, you transform into being the mentor by the end. And it just makes it feel more like a family....
....SPEAKER 9: I think I've definitely enjoyed my time living here in Charlottesville. I think it's a uniquely sized city in that it has everything you need to entertain yourself outside of work. But you're also not stuck in 30 minutes of traffic every day going home. It's great for outdoor activities. I love the running trails here. They also have evening running groups that we'll go to with fellow residents and attendings after work. A lot of the breweries and wineries host them. And they'll do a three to five mile run and then hang out after. Charlottesville's such a quaint town. It's a college town, but it's surrounded by the most beautiful terrain. Charlottesville has this great ability of feeling like a big city, especially with the kind of health care and acuity that we see, but also with a nice small town feel.

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