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  1. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  2. College of Medicine
  3. Department of Anesthesiology
  4. Education
  5. Preceptorship

Preceptorship

Goals and Objectives

  1. Learn the roles of the anesthesiologist in the pre-, intra-, and postoperative care of surgical patients. This includes exposure to pediatric and adult anesthesiologists.
  2. Learn the roles of anesthesiologists who perform their duties outside of the operating room. These include anesthesiologists who practice in the ICU, pain clinics, preoperative clinics, and research laboratories.
  3. Learn general principles of pharmacology that apply specifically to anesthetic and anesthetic adjuvant drugs.
  4. Learn the basics of preoperative anesthetic evaluation and optimization of patients prior to surgery.
  5. Learn principles of airway management and ventilation with masks and airway adjuvants. Learn techniques of endotracheal intubation along with its indications and complications.
  6. Learn basic methods of monitoring human physiology during anesthesia.
  7. Learn basic methods of administering and monitoring the depth of anesthesia.

Specific Duties

  1. Participate in the care of patients throughout their entire perioperative course.
  2. Attend departmental Grand Rounds: Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. in the Pauly Auditorium (Rahn Building)
  3. Complete assigned reading from the introductory anesthesia book that will be provided to you.
  4. Be prepared to discuss, in general terms, the implications of specific disease states on anesthetic management.
  5. Ask questions regarding any aspects of anesthesia and/or medical care.
  6. Give us feedback as to how to improve this rotation for subsequent medical students.
  7. Have fun!

Available to:
Current UAMS Freshman Medical Students

Experience

  • Hands-On Airway Management
  • Fluid and Transfusion Therapy
  • Applied Pharmacology: Anesthetics, Pressors, Antihypertensives
  • Applied Cardiopulmonary Physiology
  • Applied Renal Physiology
  • Applied Neurophysiology
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring in the OR and ICU
  • Resuscitation
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • Postoperative Pain Management

Dates

Group 1: Monday, June 2, 2025 – Friday, June 27, 2025
Group 2: Monday, July 7, 2025 – Friday, August 1, 2025

Locations

UAMS Obstetrical Anesthesia Unit; UAMS Operating Rooms; ACH Operating Rooms; UAMS Surgical Intensive Care Unit; UAMS Pain Clinic; UAMS Ambulatory Care Unit

Number of Positions: Eight (four for each group)

Stipend: Work-study or equivalent (approx $1,280) You do not have to be on work-study to apply!

Application Deadline: Sunday, February 9, 2025, before 11:59 p.m.

Notification of Acceptance: On or before Friday, February 28, 2025

Application Form (Word Doc): Download the form

For More Information

Daniel Bingham, M.D.
Email: dbingham@uams.edu

Blake Plyler, M.D.
Email: bplyler@uams.edu

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