CRNAs – Anesthesia Guidebook

Today I’m joined by Will Cohen to talk about clinical precepting. We discuss ways to create effective learning environments, how to expect excellence while being supportive and other tips for mastering the art of precepting.

Will created the Facebook page CRNA Preceptors and has become well known in the CRNA world for creating masterfully crafted deep dives on physiology & pharmacology to help CRNA preceptors train their resident SRNAs

William Cohen is a CRNA who currently practices at two hospitals in the Kansas City metro area. The first is the University of Kansas Health System which serves as the regional level 1 trauma & burn center. The other is the Minimally Invasive Surgical Hospital, which focuses on bariatric and orthopedic surgeries and is staffed by a CRNA-only team proficient in multimodal, opioid sparing and ultrasound guided regional anesthesia techniques.

Mr. Cohen graduated from the Our Lady of Lourdes Nurse Anesthesia Program with a Master’s degree, and had been in various clinical roles prior to entering the anesthesia environment. He has provided patient care in the pre-hospital setting as an EMT and Paramedic in Ohio and New Jersey, as well as working as a trauma critical care nurse in Atlantic City. Throughout each phase of his career, William has always taken on preceptor roles and enjoys having learners in the clinical environment.

William has a wide array of interests in healthcare, including precepting learners, human behavior during crisis and emergencies, airway management, opioid sparing anesthesia, and process improvement. Saving the best for last, William thrives on being a husband and father. His family loves to travel, as well as go mountain biking, skiing and experiencing whatever local foods and beers happen to be found along the way.

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MJ Hiblen is an illustrator from Norwich, United Kingdom who’s first book of art titled, Front Line Heroes is available now from Eyewear Publishing.

This book is incredibly powerful. I’ve followed MJ’s work on Instagram since the early days of the COVID19 pandemic when he began drawing images depicting the coronavirus as a classic comic-book style menacing villain with healthcare workers squaring off as the front line heroes the world has come to know them as. When I saw that this collection of art was coming together in a limited edition hardcover, I immediately put my order in. The book went to print in August 2020 and over the last few weeks I’ve shared it with colleagues in my anesthesia department. Their first glance at the artwork – during busy shifts at our level 1 trauma center – was often much like mine: at first intrigued and then within pages, fighting back tears as we realize the beauty and power of what M.J. Hiblen has captured in his images. His work is evocative & heart wrenching, at once it powerfully represents the human toll and suffering this virus has brought around the world while also casting healthcare workers as the defiant, battle-worn and ultimately triumphant care providers they are.

You owe it to yourself, after the year we’ve all experienced, to look M.J. Hiblen up on Instagram and get a copy of this book for yourself. You can find it on Amazon or directly from the publisher at Eyewear Publishing. Links to the book are in the show notes and if you hurry, you might still be able to get one only 1000 first edition hardcovers, signed by M.J. Hiblen.

Click here: M.J. Hiblen on Instagram

Order your copy of Front Line Heroes, art by M.J. Hiblen here.

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