SPACIES promotes US based resident participation in clinical anesthesia service abroad, and we believe that we should facilitate availability of this important educational and potentially life-changing opportunity.
Pre-approval of training program electives from the ACGME, and expedited American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) approval in situations where there has been previous ABA approval of the same mentoring faculty and NGO experience, often aids rapid approval of trainees in well under the 4 month time frame requested by the ABA.
Dr. Karen Boretsky has shared her experience at the University of Pittsburgh. Click here for Dr. Boretsky’s presentation.