Anesthesiology Clerkships

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Anesthesiology Clerkships

• Murali Sivarajan, M.D.
• Professor

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What You Can Get Out of the Clerkship

• Maintenance of Homeostasis
• Applied Physiology and Pharmacology
• Clinical Judgment and Decision making
• Essential Psychomotor Skills
• Intravenous Cannulation, Arterial Sampling,
  Airway Management in the Unconscious, Lumbar
  Puncture, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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What You Will See

• Patients of all ages who are
• Anxious
• At times hostile
• Extremely vulnerable
• Teamwork
• Technology

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Clerkships

• 2 Week Basic Clerkship
• Seattle VA, Swedish
• WAMI Sites
• 4 Week Advanced Clerkship
• UWMC, HMC

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Clerkship Structure in Seattle

• First Monday - Meet at UWMC for lecture/workshop
  and Simulation
• Following days, meet in the Operating Rooms
  between 630 and 645 AM
• Grand Rounds on Wednesday mornings at 630AM at
  UW-HSB
• PBLD on Thursdays 400-600PM at UW-HSB

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Clerkships in Seattle

• Duty Hours are from about 630AM till end of day,
  usually around 500PM
• One-on-One with a Resident and an Attending
• No Calls
• No Weekend Duty
• Must make up more than one day off

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Grading

• No Exams
• High Pass, Pass or Fail according to performance
  evaluation by faculty mentors.
• Honors by submitting a review paper judged by a
  panel of 3 anesthesia faculty members
• Best Honors paper is awarded John J. Bonica Prize
  at graduation

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Contact Persons

• Kim Mabee
• Clerkship Coordinator
• Tel. [phone]
• E-mail ltkmabee_at_u.washington.edugt
• Murali Sivarajan, M.D.
• Clerkship Director
• Pager 206-540-0489 (Weekdays 900AM to 300PM)
• E-mail ltmurali_at_u.washington.edugt