| | | | Coursework 2006-2007 Instrumentation/Physiology/Pharmacology Lab Four-semester sequence that begins with the students applying standard OR monitors to each other and performing various experiments to explore the usefulness of each technique and identify rudimentary pitfalls. The laboratory progresses to introduce the student to practical application of physical and monitoring principles in anesthesia practice through bench experiments. In the spring and summer semesters, students apply basic and advanced monitoring techniques using animal models and study cardiac, pulmonary, vascular, and renal physiology and pharmacology. Starting with the spring semester, students are required to present the results of their experiments every two weeks to the entire class and laboratory instructors, using statistical methodology as appropriate.
| | | Principles of Airway Management This course will provide an opportunity to learn and appreciate structure, function, pathophysiology, disease and management of the human airway. The basic principles of airway management, elective and emergent will be covered, including equipment and techniques.
Anesthesia Delivery Systems and EquipmentIntroduction to anesthesia delivery systems, including gas distribution systems, anesthesia machines, breathing circuits, anesthesia ventilators, waste-gas scavenging and monitoring pollution, risk management, critical incidents in anesthesia, and resuscitation equipment.
Pharmacology in Anesthesia PracticeEmphasizes drugs specifically related to the practice of anesthesia, including inhaled anesthetics, opioids, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, anticholinesterases and anticholinergics, neuromuscular blockers, adrenergic agonists and antagonists, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antidysrhythmics, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, anticoagulants, antihistamines, and antimicrobials.
Introduction to Clinical Anesthesia Includes history of anesthesia, types of anesthesia, the anesthesia care team, universal precautions and infection control, layout of the operating room, sterile fields and techniques, interacting with patients, starting intravenous catheters and arterial cannulae, obtaining arterial blood samples, application of ASA-standard monitors, preparing the operating room for the first case of the day, and a brief survey of induction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia.
| | | Physics for Anesthesia PracticeBasic physical principles and processes applied to the practice of anesthesia. Includes dimensional analysis; work, energy, and power; gas laws; fluid mechanics; heat transfer; vaporization; solubility, diffusion, and osmosis; fires and explosions; laser and x-ray radiation; principles of electrical circuit theory used to model anesthesia equipment, physiologic systems, and time constants.
Principles of Instrumentation, Monitoring, and EquipmentPrinciples, application, and interpretation of various monitoring modalities including ECG, invasive and non-invasive blood pressure, oximetry, cardiac output, respiratory gas analysis, and respiration. Also includes intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring, temperature, renal function, coagulation/hemostasis, neuromuscular junction, transesophageal echocardiography, and ICP.
Clinical Methods Preoperative patient evaluation, including history taking, physical examination, chart review, and select laboratory and radiologic testing.
Physiology in Anesthesia PracticeSupplement to human physiology course (BAHS 502), emphasizing hemo-dynamics; respiration; renal fluids, and compartments; temperature regulation and heat homeostasis; specialized circulations; blood gases/pH; maternal and fetal physiology.
| | | Pathophysiology in Anesthesia PracticePathophysiology in a systems approach – cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, neuro, metabolic, endocrine, et cetera. Emphasizes those systems which affect evaluation and planning for anesthesia and those systems affected by the administration of anesthesia.
Anesthesia Principles and Practice Clinical Anesthesia Senior Seminar in Anesthesia Clinical Anesthesia Anesthesiology Department Conference | | | Individual TutorialIndividual Directed StudyIndividual Clinical Practicum Individual Directed Study | | | Individual ResearchAnatomyPhysiologySystems approach to normal function of the human body, including relevant information on anatomy. Weekly problem solving sessions, regular laboratory exercises, and clinical application to systemic disorders.
PharmacologyBasic principles of drug action; absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs; mechanisms of drug action; toxicity. Basis for the use of medicines in pharmacologic therapy of specific diseases. Clinical correlation conferences.
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| Students spend approximately 2500 hours in clinical rotations during the 24-month program. |
MMSc Program in Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine 57 Executive Park South, Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30329 Telephone: 404.727.5910 Fax: 404.727.3021 |