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There is a 3rd route. Anesthesiologist assistant. It's a 2-3 year masters program and fills the same role as a CRNA without having to go through the nursing pathway. They are limited in what states they can practice though.
I've never heard of this! How likely is it that anesthesiology assistants will grow as a field in the next 15-20 years?
https://www.anesthetist.org/about-caas
It’s a fairly small profession right now, around 3500 CAAs practicing nation wide I believe. It is growing exponentially though. We can currently work in 19 states with I believe 7-8 additional states with licensure bills moving through state legislation. There are also several schools that opened in the last couple years or are opening next year.