Education

Contact Holly McDonald at anesthiaresidency@ucsd.edu for further information on the following medical student clerkships.

UCSD School of Medicine Clerkship:

Winter quarter ANES 227. Introduction to Clinical Pain Management

Prerequisite: medical student

Preceptor: Mark Wallace M.D.

This is a hands-on interactive course. The student will have both patient and faculty interaction and learn how to perform a pain history and physical, develop a differential diagnosis and treatment plan and have daily pain mechanisms and management didactics.

Offered during fall, winter, and spring quarters

ANES 229. Practical Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine

Prerequisite: Second year medical student

Preceptor: Daniel Lee M.D., Ph.D.

A clinical elective with emphasis on respiratory and cardiac physiology as illustrated on patients. Students will have hands-on operating room experience with normal and abnormal physiologic events, pharmacologic therapy.

Offered during fall, winter, and spring quarters

ANES 401. Anesthesiology Clerkship

Prerequisite: fourth-year medical student

Preceptor: Mark Greenberg M.D.

During this 4 week elective, a student participates in all activities of the Anesthesia Services. A tutor is assigned to each student. Throughout the four weeks, this team provides anesthetic patient care. Faculty-student conferences are held on a daily basis.

Emphasis is on clinical management of the unconscious patient. Physiology of oxygenation, acid-base balance, and electrolyte disturbances are discussed in depth. Airway problems, oxygen therapy, and drug therapy in resuscitation are reviewed. The course provides the basic knowledge and skills of emergency resuscitation needed by every future intern or resident.

The physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of respiratory failure are also emphasized. Topics include pre-and post-operative care, long-term respirator treatment, and pain and its treatment.

Additionally, students will have exposure to anesthetic management during cardiac and thoracic surgery, obstetric emergencies, infant resuscitation and pediatric surgery. The effects of anesthetics and other drugs on respiration, circulation, and neuromuscular function are reviewed.

Offered during all quarters