Program Description:
Given advances in anesthesiology and the development of related technologies and equipment, training anesthesiology students at the master’s level has become increasingly important. Successful surgery requires coordinated action by members of a specialized team. One of the most important members of the surgical team is the anesthesia technologist. Responsibilities include preparing anesthesia equipment and the operating environment, ensuring sterilization, assisting the anesthesiologist during anesthesia, and providing patient care before, during, and after anesthesia. Preparing these professionals requires specialized training, and this curriculum has been designed for that purpose. The program has been approved by the Supreme Council for Medical Sciences Planning and submitted to relevant universities for implementation.
Definition
The Master of Science in Anesthesiology is a medical sciences program in which students become familiar with contemporary anesthesiology principles, various anesthesia techniques, and related equipment, instruments, and medications. They also learn to care for patients under general and local anesthesia before, during, and after general, specialized, and subspecialty surgeries.
Students also receive training in the principles and techniques of acute pain management, measures required in medical emergencies, and appropriate responses to critical situations. Graduates of the program will serve society through education, research, and clinical services.
Objectives:
General Expected Competencies
- Communication skills
- Education
- Statistical calculations
- Research and scientific article publication
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Evidence-based management skills (planning, organizing, monitoring, controlling, evaluating)
- Professionalism
Specific Expected Competencies
- Continuously monitoring patients’ vital signs and body systems and reporting abnormalities to the anesthesiologist,
- Controlling infections during anesthesia and surgery and preventing their transmission and spread,
- Preparing patients psychologically and physically before anesthesia,
- Providing patient care before, during, and after anesthesia,
- Assisting with induction of unconsciousness under the anesthesiologist’s direct supervision,
- Participating in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) team,
- Participating in protecting patients from potential adverse effects of anesthesia,
- Cooperating with and assisting the anesthesiologist in re-establishing a patent airway using available equipment and tubes as required,
- Participating in the functional evaluation of devices and equipment under the anesthesiologist’s supervision,
- Cooperating in and assisting with the completion of anesthesia-related documentation under the anesthesiologist’s supervision,
- Assisting anesthesiologists with patient resuscitation,
- Assisting with patients’ transfer to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU),
- Settling patients in the PACU and providing nursing care,
- Monitoring and documenting patients’ vital signs and various body systems until full consciousness is regained,
- Using oxygen-therapy devices, humidifiers, and similar equipment effectively according to the anesthesiologist’s orders,
- Participating in isolation and infection-control procedures,
- Participating in the provision, preparation, and maintenance of devices, equipment, instruments, and other facilities required in the PACU,
- Participating in procedures related to patients’ discharge from the PACU under the anesthesiologist’s supervision,
- Assisting anesthesiologists with pain-management methods,
- Monitoring vital signs and adequacy of oxygenation and reporting findings,
- Monitoring potential adverse effects in patients receiving pain services and reporting findings to the anesthesiologist; and
- Participating in and assisting with patient discharge from the pain management service under the supervision of an anesthesiologist.
