110 Anesthesia Core Clerkship (0.5 - 3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): K. Breyer Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing.
Restrictions: 3rd year medical students. Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
130.01 CIEx - Pain Management Elective (1.5 - 3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): X. Yu Prerequisite(s): None
Restrictions: Medical Students in Foundations 2 Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
130.15 CIEx - Pediatric Anesthesia (3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): J. Libaw Prerequisite(s): 3rd-year students in good academic standing
Restrictions: None Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
140.01 Advanced Clinical Clerkships (6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): D. Masters Prerequisite(s): ANE PERIOP 110
Restrictions: 4th year medical students. Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
140.02A Off-Campus Clerkship (3 - 6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): K. Breyer Prerequisite(s): ANE PERIOP 110
Restrictions: None Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
Off-campus clinical clerkships in approved hospitals by special arrangement and approval of the Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Anesthesia.
140.02B Off-Campus Clerkship (3 - 6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): K. Breyer Prerequisite(s): ANE PERIOP 110
Restrictions: None Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
Off-campus clinical clerkships in approved hospitals by special arrangement and approval of the Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Anesthesia.
140.03A Advanced Intensive Care (6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): J. Tang Prerequisite(s): ANE PERIOP 110, MEDICINE 110, SURGERY 110
Restrictions: None. Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
140.03B Advanced Intensive Care (6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): R. Lane Prerequisite(s): ANE PERIOP 110, MEDICINE 110, SURGERY 110, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: None. Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Lecture
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.
140.05A Advanced Anesthesia Clinical Clerkship - Fresno (3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): N. Kolotiniuk Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of third year electives.
Restrictions: none Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
140.06 Pain Management (6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): X. Yu Prerequisite(s): None.
Restrictions: 4th-year Medical Students Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
140.07 Advanced Anesthesia for 4th Year OMFS Students (16.5 - 18 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): H. Cil Prerequisite(s): None
Restrictions: Restricted to OMFS Activities: Direct - Seminar, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Seminar
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.
140.08 Obstetric Anesthesia (3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): A. Chyan Prerequisite(s): ANE PERIOP 110, OB GYN R S 110
Restrictions: 4th-year Medical Students Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
140.10 Pediatric Anesthesia (3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): J. Libaw Prerequisite(s): ANE PERIOP 110, PEDIATRICS 110
Restrictions: None. Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
140.52 Pediatric Anesthesia for 4th Year OMFS Students (6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): Z. Chen Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of both the Pediatrics & Anesthesia Core Clerkship (PEDIATRICS 110, ANE PERIOP 110) rotations.
Restrictions: 4th-year OMFS Students only Activities: Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
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.
140.53 Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training (1 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): D. Masters Prerequisite(s): Before your ACLS course, Visit heart.org/eccstudent, Enter manual code: acls15, Click Precourse Self-Assessment (Flash) to begin, Learners must print out their score and bring this on the first day
Restrictions: Only 4th-year medical students may enroll as part of their preparation for residency. Activities: Direct - Workshop, Direct - Lab-Skills, Direct - Discussion, Student - Independent Study, Asynchronous - Independent Study
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.
150.01 Research in Anesthesia (3 - 24 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): K. Breyer Prerequisite(s): ANE PERIOP 110, Consent of faculty member in charge of students research project and approval of third- and fourth-year coordinator.
Restrictions: None. Activities: Direct - Lab-Science, Direct - Project, Direct - Field Work
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.
170.01A Special Study Course (0.5 - 1 units) Fall
Instructor(s): S. Manuel Prerequisite(s): None.
Restrictions: 1st and 2nd year medical student only. Activities: Direct - Lecture, Student - Lecture
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.
170.03 Exploring Critical Care Medicine (1 units) Fall
Instructor(s): K. Thornton Prerequisite(s): None
Restrictions: None Activities: Direct - Lecture, Student - Lecture
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.
198 Supervised Study (1 - 6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): K. Breyer Prerequisite(s): None.
Restrictions: None. Activities: Direct - Project, Direct - Independent Study, Student - Project, Student - Independent Study
Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.