Clinical Anesthesiology

1 credits · School of Medicine

(Operating Room) - Students will participate in the pre-, intra-, and post-operative anesthetic management of patients while assigned 1:1 to an anesthesiologist. Clinical assignments will be made based on students' interests and may include general, cardiothoracic, regional, pediatric, neuroanesthesia, OB anesthesia and other subspecialty areas such as pain management. Additional hands-on practice will occur in the Patient Safety Center (simulation center). Students will learn about pre-operative patient evaluation and perioperative risk, anesthetic techniques and monitoring, airway management, pharmacology, physiology, and anatomy; and procedures may include vascular access, airway management, and selected others; Didactics will include Anesthesiology Grand Rounds; and other conferences. The meeting location for the first day of classes is VA 5th Floor Anesthesia Offices. For more information please contact Dr. Sophia Dunworth (sad17@duke.edu) or phone 925-209-9010 . Secondary contact: Elliah Reyes (elliah.reyes@duke.edu) Credit: 1; Max: 2, Min: 1. Sophia Dunworth, MD