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Anesthesiologist Assistants
Education and Practice
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What is an Anesthesiologist
Assistant?
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A certified anesthesiologist assistant (AA-C) is a skilled person qualified by
advanced academic and clinical education who has successfully completed a national
certification exam to provide anesthetic care under the direction of a qualified
anesthesiologist.
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Current AA Practice
Practice Authorization Licensure Delegatory authority
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Practice Authorization • Delegatory Authority
o Allows licensed physicians to delegate tasks to allied health care providers. This authority usually resides within the Medical Practice Act or other Health Care statutes.
• Licensure/Statutory Authority
o State authorizes practitioners under statutes as defined by state legislative process and regulated by state medical board
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Patterns of Practice • AAs may only work under medical
direction of an Anesthesiologist
• Supervising Ratios o CMS
• Anesthesiologist may supervise up to 4 anesthetizing locations
• State/Local Options may alter this ratio
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ASA Statement on AA Practice
“AAs and anesthesia nurses have identical patient care responsibilities and technical capabilities--a view in harmony with their equivalent treatment
under the Medicare Program”
Excerpt from: STATEMENT COMPARING ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANT AND NURSE ANESTHETIST EDUCATION AND PRACTICE Committee of Origin: Anesthesia Care Team (Approved by the ASA House of Delegates on October 17, 2007, and last amended on October 17, 2012)
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Pathway from Education to Practice
Master’s Degree Educational Program
National Certification
Licensure & Credentialing
Anesthesia Care Team
Member
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Certification
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Initial Certification • Graduate from CAAHEP accredited AA
educational program
• National Certification Exam o National Commission for Certification of
Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA) • Administered & scored by NBME
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Continued Certification • Continued Demonstration of Qualification
Exam o Required to maintain certification
• Every 6 years
• Minimum of 40 CME hours every 2 years
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Education
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Program Design • Affiliation with a medical school
• Administration
o Medical Director • Board certified anesthesiologist
o Program Director • AA-C
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Accreditation & Length • Programmatic accreditation awarded by
Commission for the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
• Minimum 24 month duration and award a
Master’s degree
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AA program eligible
applicants
Bachelor’s Degree
Pre-Med curriculum
Entrance Examination
MCAT or GRE
Healthcare/ Shadowing experiences
Background check/drug
screen
In person interview
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Didactic Curriculum Content
Anatomy
Applied Physiology and Pathophysiology
Patient Monitoring and Instrumentation
Pharmacology
Clinical Anesthesia
Physics of Anesthesia
Pre-Anesthetic Evaluation
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Simulation • All AA Programs utilize high-fidelity
patient simulation o Task Training
o Full scenario/case management
o Debriefing
o Assessment tool
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Clinical Education • Minimum of 2000 clinical contact hours
• Clinical rotations during all phases of
education
• Specialty rotations o Pediatrics o Obstetrics o Cardiothoracic o ICU o Trauma o Outpatient
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Training Programs
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Emory University
• Atlanta, GA
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Case Western Reserve University • Cleveland, OH • Houston, TX • Washington DC
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Nova Southeastern University
• Ft. Lauderdale, FL • Tampa, FL
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South University
• Savannah, GA
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University of Missouri Kansas City • Kansas City, MO
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University of Colorado Denver • Aurora, CO
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AAAA 38th Annual
Conference April 12-15 , 2014
The Westin on Hilton Head Island, SC