Difficult obstetric airway training: Current strategies, challenges and future innovations

The Anesthesiologist’s Role in Teaching Airway Management to Nonanesthesiologists

“…A moderate amount of research has looked at the impact of adding dedicated airway management rotations into anesthesiology curriculum [ 7 , 9 , 21 ], focusing particularly on difficult cases, but little has looked at the impact of an OR-based airway rotation on subsequent performance of nonanesthesiology residents, despite the frequent use of anesthesiology airway rotations to expand the training and clinical case volume for nonanesthesiology programs [ 57 , 58 ]. Soleimanpour and colleagues [ 59 ] examined the impact of a 36-hour airway course on postgraduate year (PGY) 1 EM resident bag-mask ventilation and intubation success rates before and after an additional 1-month OR-based training program.…”

“…What it means to be proficient in airway management, who should be teaching airway management skills, where is the best place to learn, what is the role of simulation and nonclinical teaching, which techniques should be emphasized, and what the likely paths forward are given the ongoing disruption in traditional practice are addressed. Although education theory and teaching methods clearly are important considerations when discussing adult learning, they have been covered elsewhere with respect to airway management training and are not reviewed in depth [20][21][22].…”