Goals and Objectives

Goals/Objectives

4-Week Clerkships

Grade
Performance in the clerkship will be graded as “Honors,” “High Pass,” “Pass,” or “Fail.”

Goals
The goal of this clerkship is to provide an in-depth and comprehensive view of the role of the physician-anesthesiologist in the preoperative evaluation and preparation of critically ill surgical patients, and in the intraoperative and postoperative management of patients undergoing major surgical procedures. The clerkship will be of interest to students considering anesthesiology as a career as well as any student who wishes to gain an understanding of the care of patients in the perioperative period.

Objectives: At the end of the clerkship, the student should be able to:
1. Meet all the objectives outlined for Basic Anesthesia Clerkship (see below)
2. Describe different techniques of anesthesia suitable for surgical patients with major systemic illness(es)
3. Understand the concepts of the depth of anesthesia and muscle relaxation
4. Understand cardiovascular and respiratory depression in the context of anesthesia and surgical procedures
5. Understand common respiratory and acid-base abnormalities
6. Be able to discuss fluid and blood transfusion therapies in the perioperative period
7. Understand the pharmacology from muscle relaxants, opioids, intravenous and inhaled anesthetic agents
8. Discuss the clinical manifestations of local anesthetic toxicity
9. Discuss postoperative pain management
10. Discuss common anesthetic complications

2-Week Clerkships

Grade
Performance in the clerkship will be graded either “Pass” or “Fail.”
Goals
1. To provide an overview of anesthetic techniques used to obtain pain relief during surgery and to facilitate performance of surgical operations.
2. To teach certain essential psychomotor skills that all physicians may be called upon to perform under controlled and emergent situations.

Objectives: At the end of the clerkship, the student should be able to:
1. Perform a detailed preanesthetic evaluation of surgical patients with systemic illness(es)
2. Describe induction of, and recovery from, general and regional anesthesia
3. Describe monitoring and maintenance of homeostasis during the intraoperative period
4. Perform intravenous cannulation
5. Mange the airway in an unconscious patient
6. Insert a laryngeal mask airway
7. Perform laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation
8. Describe arterial catheter insertion
9. Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a simulated environment or real life
10. Describe lumbar puncture