Descriptions of Past Rotations
All residents returning from the international elective are required to complete the Resident Experience Form. Overall, residents learned how anesthesia is delivered overseas, oftentimes with limited resources and with high case acuity. Residents uniformly found their experiences to be immensely valuable.
- Dominican Republic - Residents provided anesthesia for orthopedic surgery in an urban hospital in Santo Domingo.
- Ecuador - Residents performed preoperative evaluation and anesthesia for cleft lip and cleft palate repairs, in conjunction with the Global Smile Foundation.
- India - Residents provided anesthesia for general and orthopedic surgery in an urban hospital in Punjab.
- Mali - Residents provided anesthesia for cleft palate repairs and dental surgery in an urban hospital.
- Peru - Residents provided anesthesia in Lima and Cusco with Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO).
- Rwanda - Residents provided anesthesia for aortic/mitral valve repairs for rheumatic heart disease in an urban hospital in Kigali.
- Tanzania - Residents gave lectures to nurse anesthetists and volunteered in an 800 bed urban hospital in Mwanza.