Anthony J. Chipas, CRNA, PhD Associate Professor Program Director Anesthesia for Nurses 151B Rutledge Avenue, MSC 962 Charleston, SC 29425 Phone: (843) 792-3785 Fax: (843) 792-1984 E-mail: chipas@musc.edu

Education:

• PhD, Foundations of Adult Education, Kansas State University, (1997)
• MHS, Education, Wichita State University, (1993)
• Nurse Anesthesia, Wesley Medical Center, (1977)
• Nursing, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, (1975)
• BA, Psychology, University of Kansas, (1973)

Areas of Teaching:

• Human Anatomy for Nurse Anesthetists
• Basic and Advanced Principles of Anesthesia Practice
• Chemistry and Physics of Anesthesia
• Pharmacology of Anesthetic Drugs

Research Interest:

• Distance Education

Publications:

• Chipas, Anthony & Ellis, Wayne. "Airway Management." Nurse Anesthesia.
• Chipas, Anthony (TBP). "Peripheral Vascular Anesthesia." Secrets of Nurse Anesthesia.
• Chipas, Anthony. (1997, November). "Effects of desktop video on student motivation and achievement." Proceedings of American Association of Adult and Continuing Education.
• Chipas, Anthony. (1997, November). "A study of the perceived effects of desktop video distance education upon student motivation and achievement." Abstracts International.
• Chipas, Anthony. (1997). "Airway Management." In Nurse Anesthesia. New York, W. B. Saunders.
• Chipas, Anthony. (1995, February). "Do current education programs address critical thinking in nurse anesthesia? Journal of American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.