Curriculum

The first year of the UTHealth Houston MSA Program is 12 months and 47 credit hours. Students are introduced to the concepts of anesthesiology including physiology, pharmacology, monitoring, airway instrumentation, and case-based vignettes in a didactic setting and simulation lab. Students will also obtain their Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.

The second year of the UTHealth Houston MSA Program is 16 months and 53 credit hours. Students will start on subspecialty simulation labs and clinical rotations, while preparing for the certification exam offered by the National Commission for the Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA). By the end of the second year, students will have approximately 2,000 clinical contact hours that include exposure to all subspecialties and a high acuity cases.