University of New England

Clinical Training

Class of 2007 Clinical Handbook 
Class of 2008 Clinical Handbook
Class of 2009 Clinical Handbook

Upon completion of the didactic portion of the program in April, the students move on to the 19-month hospital-based clinical portion of the curriculum. The primary focus is clinical anesthesia training. The clinical experience obtained will be of the width and breadth necessary for the student to achieve clinical competency in anesthesia. This is accomplished through affiliations at clinical sites throughout the New England area.

Each student will participate in more than 550 anesthesia cases. All of the surgical specialties are available, including hands-on training in regional anesthesia techniques. Specialty experiences (i.e. neuro-surgery, open-heart surgery, high-risk obstetrics) when not available at primary hospital affiliation sites will be obtained from short-term rotations at other medical facilities in the region.

All types of anesthesia techniques and the latest agents are available for student participation. Students are able to obtain experience in general anesthetics, intravenous agents, and regional anesthesia to include: spinal, epidural, Axillary block, and Bier blocks.

The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs has set minimum standards for clinical experience that each student must achieve prior to graduation from the program and in order to qualify for the National Certifying Examination.

Clinical Affiliates

Clinical sites currently utilized by the School of Nurse Anesthesia include:

Maine
Cary Medical Center-Caribou
Bridgton Hospital-Bridgton
Central Maine Medical Center-Lewiston
Eastern Maine Medical Center-Bangor 
(The CRNA preceptors are from Nurse Anesthesia of ME, a CRNA
professional group providing services for Eastern Maine Medical Center.)
Goodall Hospital-Sandford
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital-Ellsworth
Mayo Regional Hospital-Dover-Foxcroft
Mercy Hospital-Portland
Maine Medical Center-Portland
Maine General Medical Center-Augusta
Maine General Medical Center- Waterville
Riverview Clinical Services-Portland
Southern Maine Medical Center
The Aroostook Medical Center-Presque Isle
Veterans Administration-Togus

Massachusetts
UMASS Memorial - Worcester

New Hampshire
Catholic Medical Center-Manchester
Concord Hospital-Concord
Cottage Hospital-Woodsville
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Elliot Hospital-Manchester
Speare Memorial Hospital-Plymouth
Wentworth Douglass Hospital-Dover

Ohio
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center-Cincinnati

Vermont
Fletcher Allen Medical Center-Burlington
Porter Hospital Inc.-Middlebury

Wisconsin
Bay Area Medical Center-Marinette