Dear 3rd and 4th year Medical Students,

Welcome to the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine!  We are excited that you will be rotating with us for the next 3-4 weeks.  During that time you will be exposed to a wide range of patients in the operating room and perioperative arena. 

 Our goals are for you to experience and participate in excellent clinical care of patients, hands-on skills training and didactics, medical simulation, and classroom didactics.  We will make this the best learning opportunity that we can, but we need and expect you to be eager and involved in order for you to get the most education and experience out of the next few weeks.

The requirements of the 3rd and 4th year selective involve:

1.  Active involvement with the patients in your assigned location each day. This will normally involve:
       a.    Arriving to your assigned location at 6:00 AM in order to meet the resident with whom you will be working that day, unless you are told to arrive earlier.  You should participate in OR setup in order to prepare for patient care.
       b.    Getting the next day’s assignment (schedule is posted in 5th floor anesthesia office by 3:00 PM daily) in the afternoon and contacting the resident with whom you will be working to discuss arrival time, patient care issues/concerns, etc.  You should go by Holding and look at their charts or go and see any inpatients in their room.  Case planning sheets are provided on the website for download (click the 'Outline for Anesthesia Selective' link below).

2.  Attendance of Tuesday morning lectures (6:30 AM) and Wednesday (CA-1) afternoon lecture (4 or 5:00 PM) is required, as is attendance of the Monday afternoon lectures as marked 'all residents.' Attendance at ALL simulation training classes is mandatory. Please log in here for lecture schedules with your NetID.
a. You are expected to read the weekly assigned chapters in Clinical Anesthesiology (by Morgan and Mikhail) for the CA-1 lecture each week. (Click Here)
          
3.  You are expected to read the articles listed in the online syllabus (Click Here) and, if needed, use them and the questions as discussion topics with the residents and attendings with whom you will work.

Additional Requirements for 3rd Year Students:
1.  One Saturday 10-hour shift (7 AM – 5 PM) -OR- one overnight call. No overnight call is required. Only one student per Saturday shift. Please let Tammie Matusik and Dr. Catherine Tobin know when you plan to take overnight call or a Saturday shift. The purpose of this is to expose you to Trauma Anesthesia as well as the management of emergency airway/code situations.
2.  Two case planning pages must be filled out legibly and thoroughly and turned in to Dr. Tobin by the end of the rotation.  (You should do at least one each day, and you should get in the habit of thinking in that format for every patient.)

Additional Requirements for 4th Year Students:

1.  One 5-10 minute oral presentation. This presentation will be similar to a pre op presentation your resident would give to their attending prior to the case to discuss the anesthetic plan.


We are excited about you being with our department for next few weeks.  Please give feedback, either positive or negative, to Dr. Michelle Rovner, or to Tammie Matusik, our medical student coordinator.  We believe that this is a strong rotation, but with your input we can constantly improve it for you and future students.

We would be more than happy for you to join us for a rotation if there is a spot. To enroll you will need to contact Krista Mysock in the Dean's Office. Krista can let you know what dates are available. You can reach her by phone at 843-792-5862 or email at mysock@musc.edu.

Matthew McEvoy, MD
Director, 3rd Year Medical Student Rotation
Assistant Professor
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Michelle Rovner, MD
Director, 4th Year Medical Student Rotation
Assistant Professor
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Catherine Tobin
Director, 3rd Year Medical Student Rotation
Assistant Professor
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Tammie Matusik
matushe@musc.edu

For students interested in visiting rotations, please Click Here.