[nursenary57]

Hey guys. I just found out that I got accepted to the 2006 class of Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. Just wondering if any of my future classmates are out there wandering in cyberspace. Good luck to all.

[plm675]

Congratulation & Good luck to you. I am taking another route. I will be pursuing MSA program at Case Western Reserve U . Their curriculum fits my interest (http://www.anesthesiaprogram.com/curriculum.asp). I can't stand taking more courses on Nursing Theory and other courses not related to anesthesia.

[JiffyGriff]

I'm a big fan of Case Western's curriculum also, I live in ohio and they are my first choice when I get a crack at it, I like how there is a separate class for each body system and such.........maybe other programs are like that but they don't lay it out and let it be known as well as case western does, it looks like a very organized curriculum....

[manavi]

Congratulations on getting in! I'm sure that's a big weight off your chest!

How long after your interview did you have to wait until you received notification of your admission?

[nursenary57]

I interviewed Tuesday morning around ten and they notified me Wednesday afternoon. That made my night at work go alot better! Most of the class (total 70) were accepted at early interviews last fall. There were 90 people for the last 23 slots. I agree with being sick of nursing theory but I'll jump the hoops if I have to.

[rn29306]

Originally Posted by plm675

Congratulation & Good luck to you. I am taking another route. I will be pursuing MSA program at Case Western Reserve U . Their curriculum fits my interest (http://www.anesthesiaprogram.com/curriculum.asp). I can't stand taking more courses on Nursing Theory and other courses not related to anesthesia.

What, if any, is the interaction with the AAs at Case Western?

[JiffyGriff]

I'm not sure if there are any didactics taken with them or not, I'm sure you could figure it out if you looked the AA program website and compared it to the curriculum for the CRNA's. As far as clinicals go I don't think they are allowed to have any interaction whatsoever with CRNA's or SRNA's in delivering care because we are not MD's and AA's must be supervised by an MD. I'm not sure if a CRNA is allowed to teach them but I don't think so.....I seem to remember this topic brought up in a post a couple 3 or 4 months ago.

[rn29306]

Originally Posted by JiffyGriff

I'm not sure if there are any didactics taken with them or not, I'm sure you could figure it out if you looked the AA program website and compared it to the curriculum for the CRNA's. As far as clinicals go I don't think they are allowed to have any interaction whatsoever with CRNA's or SRNA's in delivering care because we are not MD's and AA's must be supervised by an MD. I'm not sure if a CRNA is allowed to teach them but I don't think so.....I seem to remember this topic brought up in a post a couple 3 or 4 months ago.

The reason I ask stems from a conversation I had with an AA at one of the clinical sites I was rotating at in Georgia. This particular guy said he could tell whether AA was trained at Case Western or not just by talking to the individual for around the sum total of 5 seconds. I believe I recall him using the adjectives "exacting" and "demanding". This is the polite version of what he actually said. I would surmise that the AAs and SRNAs at CW don't exactly mix. I was hoping someone could shed some light on this subject from personal experience.