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  • Medical Education

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  • Opioid management in operating rooms involves significant labor, cost, and risk of diversion.
  • Accurate prediction of opioid needs by residents is crucial for efficient resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if anesthesiology residents' ability to predict opioid administration requirements improves with training progression.
  • To assess the impact of resident training level on opioid usage efficiency.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of pharmacy opioid usage in the operating room.
  • Data collected included vials requested, dispensed, and returned, stratified by resident training level (CA-1, CA-2, CA-3).
  • Inclusion criteria: surgeries requiring opioids; exclusion criteria: regional blocks, cardiac, emergent, and obstetric cases.

Main Results:

  • A total of 104 opioid requests were analyzed.
  • Statistically significant differences were observed in vials requested versus returned between CA-1/CA-3 and CA-2/CA-3 residents.
  • Overall efficiency in opioid management improved significantly as residents progressed from CA-1 to CA-3.

Conclusions:

  • Anesthesiology residents demonstrate enhanced accuracy in predicting opioid requirements with increasing training.
  • Monitoring opioid usage patterns offers educational value and aids in identifying potential misuse.
  • Improved prediction contributes to cost-effective care and waste reduction in healthcare settings.