Core and Advanced Anesthesia Clerkships

A comprehensive experience in anesthesia & perioperative care. Clinical skills include airway management, IV insertion, drug administration, physiologic monitoring, sedation and acute pain management. The OR facilitates review of pulmonary/cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology. Developing rapport, confidence, professionalism and communication are emphasized.

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx) which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will be exposed to a diverse population of patients with complex chronic pain or cancer pain frequently seen in the primary care and inpatient settings, as well as develop fundamental knowledge and skills in the assessment of pain.

A 4-week clinical clerkship which offers a perspective into the clinical cases and research opportunities offered by the department. At ZSFG students will take night call, during their week at Mount Zion students will gain an understanding of the basic principles of ultrasound-guided blocks. At the VA hospital, students will pair with residents during their cardiovascular rotation, and at Moffitt Long hospital, students will manage ASA 1 and ASA 2 cases.

Off-campus clinical clerkships in approved hospitals by special arrangement and approval of the Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Anesthesia.

Clinical clerkship provides experience with critically ill adult and pediatric patients in a surgical, trauma, and neurologic intensive care unit. Focus is on evaluation, management, and resuscitation of patients with severe respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurologic failure, often in the setting of traumatic insult.

The student will participate in the care of critically ill adults with a variety of medical and surgical conditions. The clerkship will integrate an understanding of respiratory, cardiovascular, cerebral and renal pathophysiology with diagnostic and therapeutic techniques required to care for patients with multisystem failure.

This course in pain management allows students to participate in the assessment and treatment of patients with chronic pain in an outpatient setting. Morning lectures, journal clubs and multidisciplinary treatment plan meetings comprise the didactic portion, while outpatient pain management evaluations and interventional procedures with faculty, fellows and residents provide the clinical portion.

This is a 12-week advanced elective in general anesthesia for participants in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery who are in the medical school phase of their integrated training program. It fulfills partial requirements for accreditation in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

This course is designed for students interested in either Obstetrics/Gynecology or Anesthesia as it relates to Women's Health. The clerkship views labor & delivery from the anesthesia perspective, with emphasis on physiology, pharmacology & specific disease processes of pregnancy.The educational & skills objectives are defined by the principles & practice of obstetric anesthesia.The student's goal is to become a more knowledgeable, more skilled & more effective physician in an obstetric unit.

This course is designed for students interested in Pediatrics or Pediatric Anesthesia. The clerkship incorporates issues of importance to the pediatrician and pediatric anesthesiologist, including preoperative evaluation and preparation, sedation management and monitoring, airway management, implications of common and rare pediatric disorders, management for painful procedures and options for remote locations and effective postoperative pain management.

The pediatric anesthesia rotation will allow students the opportunity to provide hands-on care to children from birth to age 18 undergoing sedation or general anesthesia for myriad surgeries and procedures.

Advanced cardiac life support, or advanced cardiovascular life support, often referred to by its abbreviation as ACLS, refers to a set of clinical algorithms for the urgent treatment of cardiac arrest, stroke, myocardial infarction, and other life-threatening cardiovascular emergencies. This course is targeting MS4's who need ACLS certification prior to the start of internship.

Students conduct research projects under guidance of faculty member. Projects must be approved by both the research mentor supervising the student and the clerkship director. Students may initiate or become involved in established research programs under faculty guidance.

Explore in systematic (lecture/readings/small group discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to Anesthesia. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests. Students typically participate in a series of 10 noon time lectures given in the Fall that cover a variety of anesthesia related topics.

Literature research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the anesthesia faculty with the approval of the clerkship director.

Anesthesia is a core component of the UCSF Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. The experience and goals are identical to the anesthesia 110 core clerkship, with learning experiences distributed over the year.