Pros and cons of specific CRNA Schools

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Specializes in Critical care, Emergency medicine.

I'm in the process of compiling a list of potential CRNA schools to apply for. 

Any insights into the good and the bad of your education as a CRNA would be great!

 

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I would choose a school that supplies instructors who follow you through your time enrolled.  I would avoid places that farm you out for clinical to places who have no university staff on site.  You are paying top dollar in tuition and they owe you professional instructors, not me!!:)

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There is a ton of variation between programs and clinical sites, I'd ask for average number of lines, blocks, etc that the program's students average.  Are the clinical sites strict medical direction, CRNA only sites, etc?

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Specializes in Critical care, Emergency medicine.
On 4/11/2021 at 7:23 AM, Undercat said:

I would choose a school that supplies instructors who follow you through your time enrolled.  I would avoid places that farm you out for clinical to places who have no university staff on site.  You are paying top dollar in tuition and they owe you professional instructors, not me!!:)

Thanks for this. Any specific examples of schools that are good or bad at this in the areas where you have worked?

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Specializes in ICU, Anesthesia.
On 4/11/2021 at 9:23 AM, Undercat said:

I would choose a school that supplies instructors who follow you through your time enrolled.  I would avoid places that farm you out for clinical to places who have no university staff on site.  You are paying top dollar in tuition and they owe you professional instructors, not me!!:)

So you think the school should have enough preceptors at every clinical site to cover all students?

I’m guessing that you have a lot to teach but if you don’t think you do then just don’t take students. 
 

 

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Specializes in ICU, Anesthesia.
On 4/9/2021 at 3:47 AM, Blake Williams said:

I'm in the process of compiling a list of potential CRNA schools to apply for. 

Any insights into the good and the bad of your education as a CRNA would be great!

 

Schools with multiple clinical sites so you can learn from a variety of people. 
 

find a school that does specialty specific rotations.

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
On 4/17/2021 at 11:03 PM, RicRock said:

So you think the school should have enough preceptors at every clinical site to cover all students?

I’m guessing that you have a lot to teach but if you don’t think you do then just don’t take students. 
 

 

No, every student doesn't require a preceptor from the affiliated university, but every site should have a person on site (once a week)  with university staff status to make sure that they are getting adequate instruction according to the standards of the university.  When students are allowed to pick their rooms according to who they want to sit with the most during a case, that's just crazy.  I didn't want to teach.  I only worked at the mothership facility once a week and I just wanted a chance to have a case that took more than 20 minutes and give me a chance to sit and breathe.  No one was taking charge of the students, monitoring their progress, etc.  This was an Ivy League school that charged top dollar (went there myself) and now the school has abandoned their responsibility to the student.  No, that person doesn't have to be there 5 days a week but there has to be some regular liason between the educating institution and the hospital.   rotation.  IMHO, the emphasis is now on graduating; not educating.  But I guess it's just the exengencies of the times that classes have to be so large that nobody gets to know the course of any particular student's education anymore.

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