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Early Career Success

Thrive when starting your career, transitioning to practice, maintaining wellness and striving for Board Certification.

Post Anesthesiology Residency

  • Start Fellowship or 1st job!
  • Take advantage of ASA early membership resources
  • ASA Early-Career Membership Program Resources
  • Prepare for Advanced exam
  • Take Advanced exam in July
  • Prepare for Applied Exam
  • Practice with colleagues and faculty, take practice exams
  • Take Applied exam 3-6 months later
  • Identify a mentor who is a colleague and has experience in the Department
  • Maintain wellness and resiliency

ASA Wellness Resources

Board Certification

 
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Intro to Anesthesiology
Learn about a career in anesthesia, myths vs facts, and more.

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Portrait of an ASA medical student member
Medical Students
It's never too early to start planning! What to consider each year.

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Residency Trajectory
Each residency year has milestones and different goals to consider.

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Curated by: the workgroup of the Committee on Residents and Medical Students

Date of last update: August 22, 2023