help! anyone taken anesthesiology clerkship/elective?

[ejej88]

I’m taking anesthesiology as an elective in Canada for the first time, and I was wondering what a typical day looks like as a M4 or 3.

can anyone share their general experience? ex. work hour, responsibilities/tasks, ...

Thanks!

[jlkhhylyiluh6]

know how to take a focused pre-op history (meds, allergies, last meal, previous anesthesia experiences, fam history of bad anesthesia reactions, etc), pre-op physical (including assessment of airway/mallampati score), know all your patients comorbidities and how they may affect the surgery/anestehsia, obviously know what surgery theyre doing and the indication. Know how to intubate but this is staff/pt dependent if theyll let you try. Know how to set up the patient for anesthsia (monitors, bag-mask, etc). Know basic meds/anesthesics used. Some basic understanding of cardio/resp physiology as well. 

Work hours are pretty cush, where I was at OR starts at 8am so get there at like 730 to assess the first patient in pre-op. Usually last case is early afternoon (2-3) and after induction if you get a nice staff they let you go home and not have to wait for the whole case to be done.

Hope that helps!

[A-Stark]

There's a good book floating around called Anesthesia for Medical Students put out by the Ottawa group. You can find it online as an e-book and older copies might be floating around. 

Be keen, don't be afraid to try stuff, and show up not only on time but early. Introduce yourself to nurses in patient holding. Usually you'll be assigned to work with a particular staff in advance. How things go will often be personality dependent, but you'll find the groove quickly enough. 

[freewheeler]

The Ottawa Anesthesia Primer is the go to resource for anesthesia in Canada at the medical student level.

[MarsRover]

My go to resource is a thick book of sudokus nothing impressing attendings like someone who's got some good material and some guts. The rest of that boring medical stuff can be taught. 

[ejej88]

Thank you everyone! Ottawa Anesthesia Primer & sudokus noted!

[ilovepita]

On 11/26/2018 at 8:52 PM, freewheeler said:

The Ottawa Anesthesia Primer is the go to resource for anesthesia in Canada at the medical student level.

Where do u get that book?

[1D7]

On 12/9/2018 at 10:20 PM, ilovepita said:

Where do u get that book?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=The+Ottawa+Anesthesia+Primer

Come on, it fills at least 2 pages of Google's results.

Anyway Amazon is probably the easiest way to acquire it. If you're looking for something free, you could probably find it at your hospital library.