The goal of the CE Committee is to promote lifelong learning among anesthesiologists. To achieve this, the CE Committee promotes, oversees and develops courses and projects relating to Continuing Education in Anesthesia both within the University Department of Anesthesia and the larger anesthesia community.
The U of T Department of Anesthesia currently sponsors 12 annual and biannual accredited CE courses. These include two annual wide-based review programs, the Toronto Interactive Anesthesia meeting in the fall and the Toronto Anesthesia Symposium in the spring. These are designed to provide an update to fellowship and general practice clinicians in both academic and community based settings. These courses are comprised of a series of lectures, workshops and problem-based learning discussions.
A variety of recurring subspecialty anesthesia courses is also offered. These include topics such as regional anesthesia and pain medicine, obstetric anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, critical care medicine and trans-esophageal echocardiography. In addition, each year there are new courses dedicated to a specific topic. In the recent past these topics have included hyperbaric medicine, interventional treatment of spinal pain, and ultrasound guided nerve blocks. Dates and contact information for these programs can be found under the Events Calendar on our website.
