The Anesthesia Resident Logbook
An example eLog
Author: Taylor Zhou MD FRCPC
Date: October 21, 2015
The Anaesthesia Resident Logbook
Disclosures
No financial disclosures.
Views are my own.
I am not an expert.
Department of Anesthesia
Outline
Demonstration of Anaesthesia logbook
Examples of implementation
Use / Challenges / Future
Department of Anesthesia
History
Born from need to collect data on residencies for
accreditation
Created by ACUDA
•Spent 12 years + $300,000 to develop
•Cissec Corp owned by ACUDA
•Designed by Anesthesiologists to meet our needs
Delay in “mandatory” status due to translation into
French
Department of Anesthesia
Examples of use during daily work
Works well for anesthesia
“Downtime” after induction to chart & log
Multiple entries – e.g. 10 epidurals on call – all
entered at once
Department of Anesthesia
Demonstration
Department of Anesthesia
Implementation
Not a required component of curriculum or FITER
Used in midterm and final rotation evaluations
No longitudinal mentors
Department of Anesthesia
Current uses
Monitoring self-progress
Retrospective analysis of deficiencies
Department of Anesthesia
Challenges
Log fatigue
Difficult to compare if non-traditional training
Rigid categories
Choosing what it CAN / SHOULD capture
Department of Anesthesia
Future uses
Part of your ePortfolio
Integrating EPAs – supervisor evaluations
Continued use for re-accreditation
Department of Anesthesia
Going forward for your program
WHAT do you want to collect
DESIGN it to meet your unique needs
RC has wireframe ePlatform for an eLog
Department of Anesthesia
Acknowledgements
Contact
Dr. Mike Cummings
Department of Anesthesiology
Kingston General Hospital
Queens University
cummingm@kgh.kari.net
P: 613-548-7827
Taylor Zhou
Dr. Chris Farlinger (PGY5)
Dr. Rodrigo Calvacanti
GIM Program Director
UHN
University of Toronto
Department of Anesthesia
taylor.zhou@gmail.com
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