Anesthesia Sub Internship

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Department	Anesthesiology
Course Number	ANES 380-BA
Course Title	Anesthesia Sub Internship
Course Director	Jonah Abraham, MD
Length (Weeks)	4
When Offered	All year
Prerequisites	All core clerkships
Availability Notes	Students may take either ANES 302 or ANES 380 to fulfill anesthesia requirement. If a student enrolls in ANES 380, that student is not required to fulfill ANES 302.
Contact Name	Shenel Nurse
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Contact Email	snurse@lifebridgehealth.org
Other Contacts	Dr. Abraham (jabraham2@lifebridgehealth.org)
Location	Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Limit	2
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Evaluation	Honors/High Pass/Pass/Conditional/Fail. See syllabus for additional details.
Description	This course is an advanced elective in anesthesiology. After an introductory period, students will be expected to perform preoperative evaluations, define a plan of care, and implement the plan. All aspects of patient care will be immediately supervised by members of the Department of Anesthesiology. Weekly seminars will supplement the clinical experience. See syllabus for additional details. Students may take either ANES 302 or ANES 380 to fulfill anesthesia requirement. It is recommended that if a student enrolls in ANES 380, that student need NOT take ANES 302 as well. See syllabus for additional details.
Additional Notes	Clerkship Learning Objectives: At the end of this clerkship, the student should be able to: Perform preanesthetic assessments of preoperative risk for a variety of patients and surgical procedures. Apply indications, contraindications, and drug choices for preoperative medication, including anxiolytics, analgesics, and gastrointestinal agents. Interpret anesthetic plans, including selection of technique, appropriate monitoring, and anesthetic agents. Demonstrate risks, benefits, and alternatives to common airway management techniques. Perform mask ventilation, LMA placement, and intubation. Apply treatment for common intraoperative aberrations of normal physiology. Interpret patient and procedure selection criteria for ambulatory anesthesia. Practice multiple modalities for postoperative pain management. See syllabus for additional details.