Plan of Study

Full Time Anesthesia Technician Program

This program is designed for individuals who have applied to an Expression of Interest (EOI), job posting, or been selected for your employer to enroll in the Anesthesia Technician Program.

This program is a full-time, in-person format aimed at ensuring the learner achieves the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to meet the program competencies.

Timeline

This represents the general timeline for the program. The exact delivery model may vary between offerings:

Week 1: Foundations of Anesthesia Technology content and skills lab
Weeks 2 – 3: Pharmacology and Anesthetic Modalities content, skills labs and OR observation days
Weeks 4 - 6: Anesthetic Machine and Patient Monitoring content, skills lab, and OR observation days
Weeks 7 – 9: Practice Management and Emergencies content, skills lab, and OR observation days
Weeks 9 – 11: Special Considerations content, skills lab, and OR observation days
Week 12: Final exam, in-person lab sessions for skills practice and assessments
Week 13+: 900 clinical hours

Competencies

The competencies learners must achieve by the end of the program are organized into five key competency areas:

Professional accountability
Collaborative clinical support
Quality improvement and safety
Professional learning
Infection control practices

Anesthesia Technician

The Nova Scotia Health Learning Institute for Health Care Providers offers education programming designed to meet the needs of learners across the province and strengthen our health care system. We are committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-informed programming that enables providers to develop and maintain foundational and specialty competencies.