Instructor(s): Kristine Breyer

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. Reflection helps the student find meaning.

Instructor(s): Xiaobing Yu

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.

Instructor(s): Justin Libaw

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 explore the Pediatric Anesthesia service and be exposed to the operating room, pediatric pain service and non-OR procedural areas.

Instructor(s): Dylan Masters

A 4-week clinical clerkship which offers a perspective into the clinical cases and research opportunities offered by the department. At ZSFGH 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 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.

Instructor(s): Kristine Breyer

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

Instructor(s): Kristine Breyer

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

Instructor(s): Julin Tang

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.

Instructor(s): Rondall Lane

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.

Instructor(s): Nikolai Kolotiniuk

This course serves as an introduction to the field of anesthesia. Students will become familiar with the components of the pre-operative assessment and medical clearance of the surgical patients. They will learn and practice both basic and advanced airway management skills. Their experience will also include learning about the perioperative pain management strategies that include a variety of oral and intravenous agents, peripheral nerve blocks, and neuraxial blocks.

Instructor(s): Xiaobing Yu

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.

Instructor(s): Hemra Cil

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.

Instructor(s): Arthur Chyan

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.

Instructor(s): Justin Libaw

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.

Instructor(s): Zhe Chen

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.

Instructor(s): Dylan Masters

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.

Instructor(s): Kristine Breyer

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.

Instructor(s): Solmaz Manuel

This course is intended to serve as an introduction to anesthesia as a field and the various subspecialties within anesthesia. There will also be a lecture on residency programs including what to expect from the application process and the day-to-day life of residency. Each week, experts from subspecialties, including cardiac, obstetric, pediatric and pain management, will present using a lecture and demonstration format.

Instructor(s): Kevin Thornton

This lunch-time elective will introduce students to the various fields within Critical Care Medicine. It will also discuss the many ways in which students may pursue a career in CCM (ie: varying combinations of residency and fellowships). Guest lecturers will also discuss their clinical & research interests here at UCSF.

Instructor(s): Kristine Breyer

Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.