ACE: Advanced Clinical Anesthesiology

School of Medicine

This ACE will define the role of Anesthesiology as a Perioperative Medicine Specialty. Course content will emphasize the following principles: preoperative assessment, development and execution of an anesthetic plan (including induction of anesthesia, airway management, maintenance of anesthesia, and emergence), and management of acute pain. Students will become an integral part of an anesthesia care team model (attending anesthesiologist and resident). Working side-by-side with this care team, students will learn and actively participate in the anesthetic management of patients presenting for surgical procedures and diagnostic or therapeutic interventions. Though primarily based in the operating room, students will be exposed to anesthesia across different settings (PACU, pain clinic, Hi-RISE clinic, acute pain service, ICU, OB, etc.)