Once a week, every Monday, a lecture on certain pre-assigned topics are
given by a resident with the presence of all residents and consultants
as well as the postgraduate interns assigned in the department.
After the lecture, a weekly audit of all emergency and elective surgeries
for charity anf pay patients is done by the assigned residents with the
presence of all residents and consultants. Mortalities and morbidities
related to anesthesia are also discussed at this time.
Aside from that, regular inter-hospital activities such as case presentations
enables the department to interact with consultant and residents practicing
in other training hospitals within the Southern Mindanao Chapter of the
Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists. Presently, participating hospitals
include the Davao Medical Hospital, Davao Doctor's Hospital and the Davao
Regional Hospital situated in Tagum.
Moreover, clinical lectures and wet clinics are also hosted by the department
in cooperation with the Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists. Twice
a year, consultants are residents attend conventions namely, midyear and
annual are held in certain areas in the country.
The department is also participating in outreach program of the Surgery
and Ophthalmology Departments in cooperation with the Department of Health.