Institution: Palmetto Health Richland

Location: Columbia, South Carolina

Duration: 4 weeks or longer with consent of instructor

Course Offered: Throughout academic year

Number of Students: 1 per rotation at each institution, unless prior consent given by instructor

Students Report To: Dr. James F. Turner, Department of Anesthesiology, Palmetto Health Richland, 3rd Floor, OR Desk, 7:00 a.m., Office contact:  Karen Seyfer, P.O. Box 1928, Columbia, SC 29202   Phone: (803) 434-6151, Fax: (803) 434-7038.

*USC SOM Third Year Elective

Optimal patient care in the perioperative period requires that all physicians become familiar with preoperative evaluation, options for intraoperative management, and principles of postoperative care. Students will be expected to participate in the care of surgical patients with emphasis on intraoperative management, and will gain expertise in techniques of airway management, endotracheal intubation, and vascular access. Exposure to regional anesthetic techniques, obstetric anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, and cardiac anesthesia  is expected. Topics in pharmacology, physiology and critical care will be addressed. The Department will provide a handout of required reading covering basic anesthesia related topics. Evaluations will reflect the student's daily participation in departmental activities, and a quiz at the end of the rotation will give the student objective feedback on his/her assimilation of important topics.

Students also will be expected to take call 2 or 3 times during the month. This can be set up at the student's convenience.