VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 2. DESCRIPTION: Designed to give medical students an in-depth exposure to critical care medicine focusing on advancement to the manger level for complex, critically ill patients. It offers students an opportunity to apply physiologic and pharmacologic principles utilizing sophisticated monitoring techniques to the care of critically ill patients. Students will gain exposure to a variety of primary principal problems. Students will participate in daily rounds in which they will serve as the primary provider for their patients. Students will also spend time with the triage team in which they will respond to rapid response calls, code sepsis calls, and code blues. This component of the rotation will allow the student to experience caring for the undifferentiated patient. Students are closely supervised in total patient care and gain experience in a variety of technical skills including bedside ultrasound, venous access, and arterial access. Students will participate in bedside sedation procedures with the perioperative anesthesia service as needed for the care of their patients. Although pulmonary, hemodynamic, and renal aspects of care are stressed, experience in all phases of surgical and medical patient care are provided. Students wishing to do this clerkship must get approval from Bernadette Carvalho first before registering. This clerkship is open to visiting students in Autumn (P4-P6) and Spring (P10-P12) Quarters only. PREREQUISITES: Anesthesia ANES 306A for Stanford medical students; Internal Medicine and Surgery core clerkship for visiting students. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-ANES 12, full time for 4 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Nicole E. Arkin, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Bernadette F. Carvalho, berniec@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: E2 ANES 300P (Medical-Surgical ICU at Stanford); Time: 6:ANES 00 am. CALL CODE: 4. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: SUMC.
6 units · Medical School MD Grades
VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 2. DESCRIPTION: Designed to give medical students an in-depth exposure to critical care medicine focusing on advancement to the manger level for complex, critically ill patients. It offers students an opportunity to apply physiologic and pharmacologic principles utilizing sophisticated monitoring techniques to the care of critically ill patients. Students will gain exposure to a variety of primary principal problems. Students will participate in daily rounds in which they will serve as the primary provider for their patients. Students will also spend time with the triage team in which they will respond to rapid response calls, code sepsis calls, and code blues. This component of the rotation will allow the student to experience caring for the undifferentiated patient. Students are closely supervised in total patient care and gain experience in a variety of technical skills including bedside ultrasound, venous access, and arterial access. Students will participate in bedside sedation procedures with the perioperative anesthesia service as needed for the care of their patients. Although pulmonary, hemodynamic, and renal aspects of care are stressed, experience in all phases of surgical and medical patient care are provided. Students wishing to do this clerkship must get approval from Bernadette Carvalho first before registering. This clerkship is open to visiting students in Autumn (P4-P6) and Spring (P10-P12) Quarters only. PREREQUISITES: Anesthesia 306A for Stanford medical students; Internal Medicine and Surgery core clerkship for visiting students. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full time for 4 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Nicole E. Arkin, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Bernadette F. Carvalho, berniec@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: E2 300P (Medical-Surgical ICU at Stanford); Time: 6:00 am. CALL CODE: 4. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: SUMC.
Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.