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. 2023 Apr 12;18(5):1118–1123. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2023.03.015

Table 1.

Training topics divided by specialty.

Specialty Number of articles Topics
General Anesthesia 112 Advanced cardiac life support, cricoid pressure, basic airway management, advanced airway management (including videolaryngoscopy, fiberoptic and blind intubation), difficult airway, out of operating room airway management, bronchoscopy training, surgical airway, airway emergencies, anesthetics emergencies, intraoperative care, arterial access, central venous access, career re-entry, mass casualty, delayed emergence, electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring, equipment failure, machine check, estimated blood loss, hemorrhage, volume management, hand hygiene, inhaled anesthetics, liver transplant, trauma, malignant hyperthermia, mechanical ventilation, medication error, novice anesthesiology programs, patient safety, perioperative care, rapid sequence intubation, sepsis in the operating room and World Health Organization (WHO) preoperative checklist.
NTS 57 Communication skills, breaking bad news, cognitive aid, conflict management, Crisis Resource Management (CRM), fatigue, opioid addiction, patient hand off, human factors, ANTS, OR environment safety, team training, wellness and stress and workload.
Regional Anesthesia 40 Anesthesia emergencies, axillary brachial plexus block, brachial plexus block, crisis resource management (CRM), Femoral nerve block, interscalene blocks, Local anesthetics toxicity, lower extremity block, Lumbar puncture, needle driving, paravertebral block, spinal sonoanatomy, supraclavicular block, ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and transversus abdominis plane block.
Obstetrics Anesthesia 23 Airway emergencies, anesthesia obstetric crisis, aseptic techniques, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, crisis resource management (CRM), epidural anesthesia, failed intubation, general anesthesia for cesarean delivery, high neuraxial block, informed consent, interdisciplinary care, postpartum hemorrhage, rapid response team and team training.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia 20 Cardiac ultrasound, cardiopulmonary bypass, chest drain, single lung isolation, tracheoesophageal echocardiogram and transthoracic echocardiogram.
Critical care 10 Bronchoscopy, hemorrhage, anticoagulation, septic shock, arrhythmia, Interhospital transfer, tracheostomy/laryngectomy care, point of care ultrasound, novice course, anaphylaxis and critical events.
Certification/recertification 9 Primary certification, regional anesthesia, primary certification, milestones and recertification.
Pediatric Anesthesia 6 Emergencies in pediatric anesthesia, induction of anesthesia in an infant, Infant's airway management, surgical airway, perioperative care, difficult airway, airway scope.
Pain 6 CRM, lumbar sympathetic block, transforaminal epidural injection, radiation exposure and cervical medial branch block.