ANST 709AP Acute Pain Management

Credits: 4
This elective is intended for students with an interest in acute and perioperative pain medicine. Students will have an opportunity to participate in inpatient management of patients experiencing or at risk of acute postoperative pain, trauma related pain, acute on chronic pain, and acute cancer pain. Students will be expected to get involved in the decision making for and care of these complex patients. Students will be exposed to a variety of procedural interventions including thoracic and lumbar epidural continuous catheters, spinal anesthetics, and single shot and continuous perineural catheters for the most common regional acute pain nerve blocks placed under ultrasound guidance and landmark techniques. Students will spend time on the Acute Pain Service at the university hospital, and education will be acquired through daily rounds with the acute pain attending and team. Students will also rotate through the regional anesthesia services at the university hospital and the CHH surgery center. Educational components will include the attendance of regional anesthesia resident didactics, problem-based learning modules, and assigned readings.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit