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Activity
Clinical Exposure

Curriculum Block

Anesthesia Rotation / Clerkship
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Objectives

Clerkship Objectives
  • Explain the following concepts as they relate to drugs administered via intravenous: half-life, therapeutic range, metabolism, redistribution, elimination and target organ
  • Identify intravenous drugs used in the induction, maintenance and emergence of general anesthesia, including indications for use, mechanism of action, and common side effects
  • Identify inhalation anesthetic agents used in the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia including mode of delivery, indications of use, mechanism of action, concept of minimum alveolar concentration and common side effects
  • Describe modalities used to control pain in the perioperative period: opioids, NSAIDs (including Acetaminophen), steroids, regional techniques and local anesthesia. Explain how analgesics are used in a mulitmodal fashion.

Assessments

Preceptor Evaluation
  • Anesthesia Clerkship Daily Evaluation

Tags

Basic Sciences
Pharmacology
Cohort Year
2010
Curriculum Block
Anesthesia Rotation Clerkship
Discipline
Anesthesiology Pharmacology
MeSH
Analgesics [D27.505.696.663.850.014] Analgesics, Opioid [D27.505.954.427.040.325] Anesthesia [E03.155] Anesthetics [D27.505.696.277.100] Pharmacology [H01.158.703] Pharmacology [H02.628]

Related Activities

The following activities occur in the same curriculum block:

  • Patient History
  • Examination
  • Pain Management
  • Personal Interaction and Communication Skills
  • Patient Safety and Anesthetic Practice
  • Anesthetic Practice
  • General Anesthesia
  • Airway Management
  • Oxygenation

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