Clinical Anesthesia

How do physicians learn to respond to unfamiliar, unusual situations? Medical textbooks are full of helpful information, but they usually do not address complex clinical scenarios. For anesthesiologists, problems are often encountered in the operating room where textbooks and medical journals are not readily available. Even when a text is handy, practical decisions often must be made immediately. Residents in training, recent graduates, and even the most senior anesthesiologists, learn by experi