The history of anesthesia -- Scope of practice -- Occupational health -- Anesthetic risk, quality improvement and liability -- Mechanisms of anesthesia and consciousness -- Genomic basis of perioperative medicine -- Pharmacologic principles -- Electrical and fire safety -- Experimental design and statistics -- Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology -- Respiratory function -- Immune function and allergic response -- Inflammation, wound healing and infection -- Fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base physiology -- Autonomic nervous system -- Hemostatsis and transfusion medicine -- Inhaled anesthetics -- Intravenous anesthetics -- Opioids -- Neuromuscular blocking agents -- Local anesthetics -- Local anesthetics -- Drug interactions -- Preoperative patient assessment and management -- Malignant hypertermia and other inherited disorders -- Rare and coexisting diseases -- The anesthesia workstation and delivery systems -- Standard monitoring techniques -- Echocardiography -- Airway management -- Patient positioning and related injuries -- Monitored anesthesia care -- Ambulatory anesthesia -- Office-based anesthesia -- Anesthesia provided at alternate sites -- Anesthesia for the older patient -- Anesthesia for trauma and burn patients -- Epidural and spinal anesthesia -- Peripheral nerve blockade -- Anesthesia for neurosurgery -- Anesthesia for thoracic surgery -- Anesthesia for cardiac surgery -- Anesthesia for vascular surgery -- Obstetrical anesthesia -- Neonatal anesthesia -- Pediatric anesthesia -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Anesthesia and obesity -- Hepatic anatomy, function and physiology -- Endocrine function -- Anesthesia for otolaryngologic surgery -- Anesthesia for ophthalomologic surgery -- The renal system and anesthesia for urologic surgery -- Anesthesia for orthopaedic surgery -- Transplant anesthesia -- Post anesthesia recovery -- Critical care medicine -- Acute pain management -- Chronic pain management -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Disaster preparedness.