Stanford Tutorial Textbook for.. CA1s?

Objective

The objective of Stanford’s free, concise “textbook” is to comprehensively review introductory material for new anesthesiology residents (CA1s). The 108-page PDF is densely packed with high-yield (sorry) facts that make it an excellent resource for trainees early in their anesthesiology career. But that’s not where I’m heading with this—

I recently got COVID-19, which catalyzed a quarantine period inevitably filled with hours of YouTube rabbit holes (particularly this channel) but also a bit of studying. Out of sheer boredom, I cracked open the latest Stanford CA1 textbook to see what had changed in the two years since I (currently a CA3) had looked at it.

Surprisingly, the textbook contains a fair amount of material that either I had forgotten, or just hadn’t stored in my brain while I was initially drinking from the figurative firehose of knowledge at the outset of CA1 year. And even for the material I knew, revisiting it after having delivered >1200 anesthetics gave it a much more meaningful context compared to my first pass reading it. I ended up spending several hours skimming over the textbook and taking notes that will be helpful for both clinical work as well as upcoming licensing exams.

My (barely legible) Q&A style notes from re-reading Stanford CA-1 guide

Assessment

While the Stanford CA-1 Tutorial Textbook was designed for first-year anesthesiology resident, it is worth reviewing again as a senior resident for clinical and testing knowledge.

Plan

Download the latest version of the Stanford CA-1 Tutorial Textbook here. Also, it’s free.