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Medical Student Clerkships
We are dedicated to promoting medical student involvement in the anesthesiology clinical practice and offer several different clinical education opportunities.
The UCI Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care welcomes medical students who are interested in pursuing residency training in the field of anesthesiology to experience our welcoming and richly educational clinical environment. Medical students will have the opportunity to engage with our nationally recognized faculty, residents and program leadership.
We are happy you have taken interest in our elective clinical clerkships to experience what the UCI Anesthesiology Residency Program has to offer.
Medical Student Clerkships
Our anesthesiology clerkships have been designed to provide medical students with a solid foundation of the general principles of anesthesia. The clerkships are open to UCI School of Medicine medical students and medical students visiting from other medical schools. Medical students will have the opportunity to be involved in a variety of surgical cases and experience the broad scope of the anesthesia practice. All clerkship clinical teaching is supplemented with attendance at resident didactic days, medical student case conferences and grand rounds.
In addition, medical students participate in high-fidelity simulation sessions to further develop hands-on skills and critical thinking during acute situations. Our curriculum is designed to keep pace with the dynamic needs of the medical students and new advances in medical knowledge and technology.
Introduction to Anesthesia - Course 605D
The two week Introduction to Anesthesia Clerkship provides medical students who are considering specializing in the field of anesthesiology a more informed idea of what the specialty is all about. A brief exposure to anesthesiology and to how an anesthesiologist can best serve as a consultant to other specialists.
Prerequisites
UCI students must have successfully completed their basic science curriculum.
Restrictions
UCI medical students only
Course Material
DownloadAnesthesia Operating Room - Course 605A
The four week Anesthesia Operating Room Clerkship is an advanced track course for medical students to take on the role of a junior resident and become part of the anesthesia care team in the operating room. An attending faculty and a resident will supervise the medical student during this rotation. Medical students will have the opportunity to be involved in a variety of surgical cases as well as experience the broad scope of the anesthesia practice. In addition to rotating in the operating rooms, students will rotate on the obstetric anesthesia service and regional anesthesia service.
Prerequisites
Medical students must have successfully completed a basic science curriculum. Extramural students must be in their final year of undergraduate medical education.
Course Material
Anesthesiology Pain Management - Course 605E
The Anesthesiology Pain Management Clerkship is an advanced track course for medical students to be an integral part of the chronic pain service at UCI Center for Pain & Wellness. A two week or four week clerkship provides medical students training on the comprehensive, multidisciplinary and interventional care practices. Emphasis is placed on the concerns of the opioid prescription epidemic and the strategies to combat the epidemic.
Prerequisites
Medical students must have successfully completed a basic science curriculum. Extramural students must be in their final year of undergraduate medical education.
Acute Pain Service – Course 605C
The Acute Pain Service Clerkship provides medical students an opportunity to be an integral member of the Acute Pain Service inpatient consulting team under the supervision of an attending faculty. During a two week or four week clerkship, medical students will be assigned patients on the service to help manage pre- and postoperative patients with a variety of conditions including cardiovascular, hemodynamic and endocrine abnormalities. In addition, medical students will perform consults on patients in the intensive care units, learn the management of acute and chronic pain in a perioperative setting which includes regional and neuraxial block management.
Prerequisites
Medical students must have successfully completed a basic science curriculum and either of the following clinical clerkships: general surgery and/or internal medicine. Extramural students must be in their final year of undergraduate medical education.
Visiting Medical Students
Interested medical students will need to submit their application through the AAMC Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO®) Application Service.
In addition to the VSLO® application, supplemental materials should be submitted through the Visiting Medical Student Supplemental Application.
Visiting Student Scholarship Program
The UCI Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care is actively pursuing a variety of ways to enhance workforce diversity in healthcare. The Visiting Student Scholarship Program provides financial support to fourth-year medical students who are interested in promoting workforce diversity in healthcare.
Contact Information
For questions about the medical student clerkships, contact:
Minnie Trinh
Medical Student and Medical Simulation Coordinator
714-456-5342
minniet@hs.uci.edu