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Anesthesiology

Preceptor : ......................, M.D.

Telephone : (212) 562-6571
Prerequisites : Any One Core Clerkship

Description
The Department of Anesthesiology offers a four-week elective for a third or fourth year student
who has completed both Medicine and Surgery Clerkships. This comprehensive elective
introduces the student to preoperative evaluation, intraoperative management and
postoperative routine and critical care. Emphasis is placed on the scientific foundations of
anesthesia, including organ-system pathophysiology, autonomic and anesthetic pharmacology,
and hemodynamic monitoring. Morning case conferences and afternoon topical lectures will
supplement operating room patient care responsibilities. In the operating room, there is a one-
to-one teaching by both anesthesia residents and faculty. The student may elect to do a one
week rotation in a specialty field of anesthesia, e.g. obstetrics, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic or
pediatrics. On-call responsibilities at Bellevue Hospital will be one evening per week during
which time the student will work with the Bellevue Team Captain.

Objectives of the Elective

This elective introduces the student to preoperative evaluation, intraoperative management and
postoperative routine critical care. The student will obtain a basic understanding of anesthesia,
including organ-system pathophysiology, autonomic and anesthetic pharmacology, and
hemodynamic monitoring.

Key Responsibilities of the student while on Elective

1. To perform a preoperative anesthetic evaluation with the assistance of the resident.
2. To understand the patient's medical problems, the anesthetic implications and develop a
rational anesthetic plan. A keyword and topic list is distributed and indicates the minimum
topics which should be reviewed.
3. To assist the anesthesia resident in setting up the operating room in the morning and with
the cases during the day.
4. To attend morning teaching conferences, afternoon lectures, and departmental conferences.
Didactic Program :
In general, the program is as follows:
Day to day general routine agendas :
Monday - Saturday 07:15 a.m. Anesthesia Management Conference at Bellevue
08:00 a.m. In the Operating Room
12:00 p.m. Lecture/Rounds at Bellevue
04:00 p.m. Preoperative/postoperative patient evaluations.

Tuesday 05:00 p.m. Departmental Grand Rounds

06:00 p.m. Topical Review
Wednesday 07:00 a.m. Departmental Lecture
The didactic program varies somewhat depending on the hospital where the
student is rotating.

Method of Evaluation :
Evaluation is based on completed attending evaluation forms and oral evaluation with topics
to be drawn from the list of Key Topics and the Suggested Reading List.

Scheduling Information :
Months Offered : June - August
Duration : 2-4 weeks
Report To : 9AM, Bellevue Hospital, RM 11N34
Students Per Period : 6-12