Please rate the items listed below from the most important to the least important.  This will help the clinical sites to understand what you are looking for and perhaps allow them to tailor their presentations to your priorities.  Once completed I will ask you to rank all the items that you assigned a “1” or “Very Important”. Ranking the items will help me to understand the order of your priorities.

1-Very Important

2-Important

3-Somewhat Important

4-Not Important

	Practice Issues:
	Hospital location
	Flexible scheduling-type of shifts—8-hour, 10-hour, 12-hour or 24-hour call
	Part-time positions available
	Relocation allowances
	Night and weekend call requirements
	Anesthesia care team approach with CRNA: MD ratio no greater than 2:1
	A positive CRNA/MDA relationship
	Willingness on the part of anesthesiologists to teach regional, invasive lines, complex cases
	Whether or not anesthesia residents are being trained at the hospital
	Variety of cases performed at the site
	Availability of challenging cases for the CRNA staff
	Availability of trauma cases
	Ability to perform regional techniques
	Ability to place central lines
	Size of the CRNA contingent (any other Columbia grads?)
	Autonomy of CRNAs
	Continuing education benefits, is CE encouraged?
	Ability to participate in M/M conferences/research opportunities/grand rounds
	Dollars and Cents:
	Overtime availability
	Is there mandatory overtime
	Total compensation packages (pensions, bonuses, educational allowances)
	Sign-on bonuses
	Salary growth projection

	Added Value Benefits:
	Vacation time
	Tuition reimbursement

Now please rank all the items you rated “1” or “Very Important” with the most important item listed first. Thank you for your cooperation.

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