Goals and Objectives
- Learn the roles of the anesthesiologist in the pre-, intra-, and postoperative care of surgical patients. This includes exposure to pediatric and adult anesthesiologists.
- 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.
- Learn general principles of pharmacology that apply specifically to anesthetic and anesthetic adjuvant drugs.
- Learn the basics of preoperative anesthetic evaluation and optimization of patients prior to surgery.
- Learn principles of airway management and ventilation with masks and airway adjuvants. Learn techniques of endotracheal intubation along with its indications and complications.
- Learn basic methods of monitoring human physiology during anesthesia.
- Learn basic methods of administering and monitoring the depth of anesthesia.
Specific Duties
- Participate in the care of patients throughout their entire perioperative course.
- Attend departmental Grand Rounds: Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. in the Pauly Auditorium (Rahn Building)
- Complete assigned reading from the introductory anesthesia book that will be provided to you.
- Be prepared to discuss, in general terms, the implications of specific disease states on anesthetic management.
- Ask questions regarding any aspects of anesthesia and/or medical care.
- Give us feedback as to how to improve this rotation for subsequent medical students.
- 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