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08-401S ANESTHESIOLOGY CRITICAL CARE
Department ANESTHESIOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective, Critical Care AI, Elective AI Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director JOHN BRIGGS, MD Enrollment Limit 4
Contact CAROL ANNE HOPPER, MA, MPA, MPH Enrollment Minimum 1
Email cahopper@uabmc.edu Address Jefferson Tower, 940
619 19th St S
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone (205) 975-2098 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered

See Offering Dates
5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites Must be an MS4. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description This senior year elective is located in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, North Pavilion, 7th floor. The student learns the essentials of subsystem support with emphasis on hemodynamic and respiratory management. The following key topics will be addressed by this rotation: - Support of oxygenation and ventilation - Interpretation of pulmonary arterial catheter data - Hemodynamic support, including assessment of volume status and dosing of commonly used vasopressor agents - Indications for hemodialysis and continuous renal replacement techniques - Assessment of nitrogen and energy balance, and use of enteral and parenteral nutrition - Assessment of fever and interpretation of microbiologic data. The student will care for patients in association with critical care residents, fellows and attendings in a twenty-bed ICU. Although closely supervised, the student is encouraged to think independently and proactively formulate a plan of care for discussion with other members of the team. This will include a subsystem-based presentation on morning and afternoon rounds of the patient's condition resulting in the formulation by the student of an assessment and plan, the ordering of laboratory tests, pharmacologic agents, radiographic studies and nutrition. The student will also gain experience in coordinating an agreed-upon plan of management with the surgical, nephrology, cardiology and other services.
Where To Report You will be contacted prior to start date regarding information on when and where to report for orientation.
Requirements FURTHER DIDACTICS: There is a daily ICU lecture series at 11:00. The student is encouraged to attend additional didactic teaching when schedule permits including Morning Conference (Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 0625-0655); Continuous Quality Improvement Clinical Conference (Tue 0630-0730); Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Academic Project Presentations, Practice Management Lectures (Mon 1530-1700); The Chairman’s Meeting with Students (Wed 1400-1500); and a Bi-Weekly Lecture Series (Tue and Thu 1300). Students are only allowed to miss 2 days during this 4 week rotation. If a student anticipates missing more than 2 days during this rotation, they must get prior approval from the course contact and medical student director. If prior approval is not obtained, the student's final grade could be impacted in a negative way up to a Fail from the rotation.
Evaluation EVALUATION: Students will be judged on knowledge, attitude, technical skills, and progress; these will be documented on a standard evaluation form. Conference attendance will be recorded. The preceptor evaluations, attendance records, and results of a written examination will be utilized for letters of recommendation, ranking for the McGahey Award in Anesthesiology (cash award) presented at the Honors Convocation, and as the basis for a pass or fail grade.
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Students are only allowed to miss 2 days during this 4 week rotation. If a student anticipates missing more than 2 days during this rotation, they must get prior approval from the course contact and medical student director. If prior approval is not obtained, the student's final grade could be impacted in a negative way up to a Fail from the rotation.
Notes LOCKER ROOMS: Locker rooms and a limited number of lockers are located on the 6th floor of the North Pavilion. For information contact Kim Harris or Margaret Dodd (934-6525) in the Anesthesiology Education Office (JT 920).
For more information, contact Carol Anne Hopper, cahopper@uabmc.edu (JT 940).