(2) Two-week core rotation. Supervised experience in the basics or A-B-Cs of resuscitation. Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative anesthesia care and on-call shadowing. Clinical applications of pharmacology and physiology.
Electives are offered to students in third and fourth year. Three and four week rotations may include one or two hospitals and individually arranged rotations emphasizing more specific interests such as: obstetric, pediatric, or clinical research. Improvement of technical skills and interpretation of clinical aspects of: spinal puncture (not epidurals), venous access including central line insertion, arterial blood gas monitoring, intubation, peri-operative acute pain management, and some aspects of chronic pain.
