What up? What up, y'all? This is John
the Rance.
This is anesthesia guidebook, and this is episode
108.
A quick shout out to all of you
who are headed out to the AANA conference
this weekend,
August 2nd through 4th, something like that, 20
24 out in San Diego.
I hope that y'all have an incredible time,
that you meet tons of new colleagues, see
some old friends, and have fun getting your
learn on while you're out there. I was
talking to one of the SRNAs from the
University of New England this morning in clinical,
and she was getting psyched for the conference
this weekend.
AA and A Annual Congress is one of
those times where you can kinda lift your
head up from the daily grind and look
around and see thousands of other c RNAs
and sRNAs
from all around the nation who are out
there doing their thing in anesthesia.
It's such an inspiring time. It's incredible. You
got curated talks. You got people.
The exhibit hall is on fire. You got
all kinds of people out there doing all
kinds of stuff. It's pretty fun. So while
I will not be there repping anesthesia guidebook,
my clinical team from Maine Medical Center will
be, so they'll be out there talking about
Maine Health, but first, why am I not
putting up a booth and talking about anesthesia
guidebook at the annual congress?
Well,
I think it comes down to I'm not
really trying to sell you anything. I'm not
trying to, you know,
get you to sign up or enroll or
pay me money or whatever it might be
through through setting up a booth. So anesthesia
guide book is still anchored in the concept
of free open access medical education,
and there's no subscription fee. I'm not trying
to make money off of CE credits.
There's a 100 other ways out there for
you to make class a credit
through other companies, and, you know, that's what
they do, and it's just not something that's
become a professional focus of mine at this
point. But it does bring up the reminder
that any anesthesia podcast that you listen to
will qualify for free class b credit in
the CPC program. So class b credit is
stuff that you do not have to get
preapproval for.
It's free.
You gotta get a bunch of credits each,
you know, year in class b credits, and
you can definitely do that through listening to
anesthesia podcast.
If you're a CRNA,
all you have to do is log on
to the AANA website, and you can self
report those credits, and you'll rack up class
b in no time. So,
I actually did a whole podcast on that
process, how to get class b credits through
listening to podcasts.
That's way back in episode number
9
of Anesthesia Guidebook. So check that out if
you wanna learn more about that. And so
while I'm not gonna be out there,
you can definitely stop by and meet my
good friends and colleagues from Maine Medical Center
in the exhibition hall. So we've got April
Burgoyne, Jill Guzzardo, and Daniel Beaumont will be
there staffing the Maine Health booth
to tell you all about the career opportunities
within Maine Health. So we've got everything from
level 1 trauma center work with my team
at Maine Medical Center where I get to
serve as chief CRNA,
to a full independent practice location in Conway,
New Hampshire,
to several smaller town
medical centers throughout Maine, including Penn Bay Medical
Center in Rockland,
where Jill is actually the chief CRNA.
So April Burgoyne is gonna be out there
this weekend.
Doctor April Burgoyne is one of our CRNA
supervisors at Maine Med.
She has also been on the show before.
We sat down and talked about OR fires
back in episode 93.
It was kind of a hot topic.
It was lit. You should go check that
out at some point.
And then I actually also I just recorded
another episode with April recently that I'm editing
right now. So
her and our CRNA manager, one of our
other leadership team members,
Alison Kent, we sat down and we talked
about how we do interviews as a leadership
team at Maine Medical Center.
That show is really targeted towards other practice
managers out there, but it's also obviously
probably valuable to s r n a's as
it gives you a behind the scenes look
at how we plan team interviews for people
who are applying to be on our team.
So April's gonna be out at a n
a congress this weekend. You can also meet
Danielle Beaumont. She is our sRNA clinical coordinator.
She's amazing in that role. She supports sRNAs
from the University of New England and Middle
Tennessee School of Anesthesia.
Danielle also just helped us establish
clinical affiliations with Boston College and Northeastern University
this last year, so we're pumped to start
welcoming those primary trainees from
BC and NU in 2025.
And then last but not least, out in
San Diego this weekend is Jill Guzzardo.
So as I just mentioned, she is the
chief CRNA up at Penn Bay Medical Center
in Rockland.
She's also one of our per diem CRNAs
at Maine Medical Center.
If you're if you're looking for a small
town Coastal Maine Community Hospital to practice at,
Jill is definitely your girl. Penn Bay is
literally on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
You've got close-up
water views
right out the windows from work. It's amazing.
I mean, you can also see the ocean
from the top floors of Maine Medical Center
in Portland, but at Penn Bay, you can
probably see what the lobstermen are having for
breakfast as they motor on by in the
morning. I mean, it's like it's right there.
It's right on the water. So,
all three of these CRNAs, April, Danielle, and
Jill, they're all
baller clinicians.
I would let any of them take care
of me or my family,
and I just love working alongside them in
the operating room. They're also incredible CRNA leaders
with a deep passion for helping SRNAs and
CRNAs thrive in their practices,
and they're generally just inspiring, friendly humans. They're
kind, generous, optimistic people,
folk who you kinda wanna hang out with
when you're at a AA conference.
So if you're headed to AAA and a
this weekend,
definitely do yourself a favor even if you're
not looking to move to Maine. Right? Like,
if you're not if you're not looking to
move to Maine, that's totally fine. Do yourself
a favor and still go by and meet
these people. April, Danielle, and Jill will be
pumped to meet you.
And that's it. Just wanted to give a
quick primer for those who are headed out
to a a and a this weekend. I
hope it's amazing.
Go get your learn on, meet some new
friends, and stop by the main health booth,
and tell my friends that I said hello.
And with that, I'll see you next
time.
What up y'all? I wanted to drop a
reminder that if you're a CRNA looking for
a great team to invest yourself in your
career in,
check us out at Maine Medical Center in
Portland, Maine. While the clinical opportunities would challenge
you and the location is one of the
best, our people and sense of community are
truly what set us apart. Reach out if
you want to learn more.