Anesthesia Assistant Diploma

About this programme

This placement exam is required to determine your course of studies. If you pass all subject areas of the exam, you directly enter and complete the program’s core courses prior to your clinical practicum placement. Otherwise, you must either take the corresponding course that relates to the failed subject area or else take all four support courses, rather than writing the exam. Following the successful completion of all support and core course requirements, you take the full-time clinical practicum course: The length of the program varies, depending upon your previous experience. However, the average completion time is less than two years; the maximum time allowed is three years. You are expected to continue with full- or part-time employment during your studies. To meet the CAS standards established for this program, the clinical affiliate must meet the following requirements before a student is allowed to enter the clinical practicum. A written submission must be supplied in the form of a sponsorship letter. Case Load The hospital must have sufficient depth and breadth of clinical cases, thus enabling the student to experience the majority of objectives listed in the clinical objectives. Clinical Mentor Ideally, an experienced Anesthesia Assistant and Anesthesiologist would be committed to teaching the student. Should the facility not have a Technologist, the Anesthesiologist would have to oversee the entire rotation. The clinical mentor(s) must have sufficient time available for teaching and evaluation of the student.