Vanderbilt Anesthesiololgy

Course Syllabus

Suggested Readings

• Articles
• Intro to Anesthesia

Required Course Materials (obtained from Course Coordinator)

• Basics of Anesthesia, 5th Edition (must be returned upon course completion)
• Difficult Airway Course of Anesthesia (must be returned upon course completion)
• Curriculum Cards (print your own or obtain from Course Coordinator)
• Pager (must be returned upon course completion)
• Binder (contents listed below; you may print your own or obtain from Course Coordinator)

Binder Contents

• Anesthesiology Externship Book & Pager Loan Agreement
• Welcome handout
• Clinic Experience Log
• Anesthesia Care Plan
• Life Practice Competency Assessments (Dr. Michael Richardson)
• Intubation Meds Cheat Sheet
• Essential Airway Skills PowerPoint (Jill Boyle)
• Cognitive Aid for Anesthesia (Curtis Baysinger)
• Artifact in Pulse Oximetry Reading
• Arterial Catheterization Technique (Sarah Gillespie)

Lectures

• Pediatrics
• Cardiac
• Critical Care
• OB
• Acute & Perioperative Pain Management Presentation (John Algren & Cliff Bowens)
• 4th Year Medical Student Anesthesiology Clerkship (Jill Boyle)
• Pre-Anesthetic Evaluation (Jill Boyle)

Conferences