#54 – Hardship in Anesthesia School

This episode speaks to why anesthesia school/residency is hard and what we as SRNAs, residents, program faculty, preceptors, CRNAs and physician anesthesiologists can do about it. Anesthesia training is hard because life is hard and doesn’t stop just because you enroll in an incredibly difficult program. Anesthesia school is also hard because anesthesia school is just really hard. Whether you’re a physician resident or SRNA, you have to learn to take an incredible degree of ownership for your actions and couple a voluminous depth of information with rapid, correct and highly skilled actions under time pressure in the clinical setting.  That’s anesthesia training! Do you need help working through the challenges of anesthesia school? Not sure if you need help? Check out the AANA’s website Ask For Help to find links to resources and context that clearly shows that SRNAs and providers alike are not alone when they face stress, burnout, frustration and challenges where professional help can be, well, helpful. You can also check out the AANA SRNA Wellness website for more content on finding a path towards peace of mind and wellness. Below are crucial numbers to know in order to get help or support those who are in crisis. Also, the full transcript to this podcast is in PDF format so you read on the go. And the link to Jocko Willink’s video “Jocko Motivation ‘GOOD’.” Be sure to watch that every morning you wake up during anesthesia training!! The Crisis Text Line is 741741… you can text anything to that number and a trained crisis volunteer will be on the other line: 24/7/365 for free! You can text if you’re a friend, preceptor or program faculty. You can text if you’re the one in crisis and need to talk (text) with someone to find the motivation to stay stay safe and get help. Hardship in Anesthesia School transcript PDFDownload BOOKS FOR YOU: Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken Jocko Willink’s Extreme Ownership