同城快约

Program Information

Didactic, Simulation, and Clinical Education Paradigms

The 同城快约 MSAA curriculum is based on ARC-AA/CAAHEP accreditation standards consisting of cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) domains. To address this, the curriculum follows other traditional Anesthesiologist Assistant educational program designs and consists of didactic (classroom), simulation (laboratory & objective skill examinations), and clinical education (preceptor-based evaluations of direct patient care) approaches.

The first year of the 同城快约 MSAA program emphasizes didactic coursework, simulated practice for foundational skill development, case-based and crisis management training, and a stepwise progression toward direct patient care and hands-on clinical experience. During the second and third year of matriculation, students are expected to increase time spent in clinical education. A student should experience primarily didactic and simulated learning early in matriculation which will progressively lead to full-time clinical education with periodic didactic and simulation coursework.

Clinical education occurs in the perioperative locations of a 同城快约 affiliated hospital, surgery center or other facility where a student is immediately supervised by a 同城快约-recognized preceptor while providing direct patient care. By nature, clinical education requires asynchronous components; therefore, individual student educational experiences cannot be specifically scheduled by the program but are rather timed with certain surgical procedures and patient access. Students are to be highly adaptable and extensively available for clinical education. To allow this, didactic courses later in matriculation may include non-traditional schedules of online and virtual components of instruction, case presentations, learning modules and workshops.