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Creating the perfect intern anaesthesia rotation: a survey using feedback from past interns

Published in: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Volume 23 , issue 2 , 2017 , pages: 50–55

DOI: 10.1080/22201181.2017.1305192

Author(s): Belinda Kusel Anaesthesia, South Africa , Zane Farina Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa , Colleen Aldous Department of Postgraduate Research, South Africa

Keywords: anaesthesia education , intern training , obstetric anaesthesia training , rural health care

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Abstract

Background: Community service doctors (CSDs) are often expected to administer anaesthesia after minimal training and with very little support, especially in rural hospitals. This leads to unnecessary stress on these junior doctors and may lead to poor anaesthesia outcomes.

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