International Outreach

The vision of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) Program is to educate our residents on a global scale.

International travel helps you learn about and identify with the needs of diverse populations. To keep abreast of evolving trends in healthcare and education, this program has pursued international outreach to promote anesthesia education, cultural understanding, and clinical expertise across national boundaries. We have been involved with organizations and groups in North and South America, Africa and Asia.

lnternational Accreditation

In 2012, as a testament to our commitment to international education and educational standards, we became the first program in the U.S. to be fully accredited by the International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists

Life-changing Experiences

The Nurse Anesthesia Program encourages residents to participate in surgical mission trip experiences during the third year of the program. Generous support from alumni helps offset cost of travel and the program provides time off to participate in these activities. The mission trips are life-changing for many student participants:

“I can’t thank you enough for making our program so open and encouraging to residents taking mission trips. I wish residents at all anesthesia schools had this opportunity, but I am aware that this is not the case. My hope is that I have built a bridge with a surgical team that the future residents will be able to cross and have amazing experiences like my own.”

“This trip was great. I am so glad that I went and would encourage other residents to go. We both had many people ask us if Wake residents can come on more trips because we were the ‘best’ they have had. Both of the surgeons wanted to take us back to their hospital in Tennessee, and the anesthesiologist offered us both a job in Nashville. I am grateful for the great preparation and training we get here and was proud that we were able to represent the program well.”