
South University - Savannah Georgia AA Program Overview:
South University, Savannah and the Mercer University School of
Medicine, based in Macon and Savannah, Georgia, have developed a
relationship to bring together the unique resources of each institution
to establish a Master of Medical Science in Anesthesia Science degree
program to maintain an educational program of the highest quality. Our
Anesthesiologist Assistant program consists of 160 quarter hours of
classroom, laboratory and clinical work taking place over the course of
nine quarters or 28 months.
You’ll spend the first year of
the Anesthesiologist Assistant program in the classroom and laboratory
with escalating clinical responsibilities. The second year of the
program consists of multiple full-time, month-long clinical rotations in
practice settings, incorporating a full range of surgical procedures
involving neonate through geriatric at all levels and depth of illness.
Following
the instruction by the Mercer University School of Medicine and upon
completion of the South University Anesthesiologist Assistant degree
program you will be prepared to work as a member of the anesthesia care
team under the direction of a qualified physician anesthesiologist,
administering anesthesia care to all ages, degrees of illness and for
the entire spectrum of surgical procedures.
Mercer
University currently provides instruction in anesthesia for medical
students and surgical residents at the Macon campus and at Memorial
Health University Medical Center in Savannah. Mercer’s participation in
South University’s program extends beyond Anesthesiologist faculty
members for the program into membership in program committees.
The
Mercer University School of Medicine administration is represented in
all governing committees to provide their medical education expertise to
the program. South University, through its College of Health
Professions, will provide basic science, instrumentation and monitoring
and anesthesia equipment components of the program.

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