Education:
Anesthesiology
Summer Medical Student
Preceptorship Program
Please click on bullet below for the printable version of the Anesthesiology's Preceptorship Program Application.
The 2008 Department of Anesthesiology Summer Medical Student Research Preceptorship is a program designed for medical students who have completed one year of medical school and are in good academic standing at an accredited US medical school. The preceptorship occurs during the summer between the first and second year or between the M1 and M2 year. During the research preceptorship, medical student research preceptors have the opportunity to work extensively in a research setting with an anesthesiology faculty mentor. The program exists to allow medical students an opportunity to obtain exposure to academic anesthesiology with a focus on research.
Research
Each medical student preceptor is assigned a faculty mentor from the Department of Anesthesiology to work on a research project. The research project may be clinical or basic science. Clinical research projects include both indirect patient contact (e.g. chart reviews and survey research) or direct patient contact (e.g. informed consent) in general anesthesiology and its subspecialties (e.g. cardiac, critical care, pain medicine, and obstetrics). Basic science research projects include drug metabolism, neurobiology of sleep and anesthesia, and control of breathing. Medical student preceptors present their data at the Department of Anesthesiology Research Conference, students learn how to prepare abstracts, posters and give oral presentations. Many students have submitted abstracts to the Midwest Anesthesiology Resident’s Conference (MARC) and have made oral and posters presentations at the meeting.
Lectures
Although some lectures are only for the student preceptors, they attend lectures with anesthesiology house officers and M&M Conferences.
Examples of lecture topics include:
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Student Comments
"The Anesthesiology Preceptorship was a wonderful learning experience. All of the people involved made it an exciting program to be part of."
"I enjoyed observing different doctors and acquiring basic skills. I especially enjoyed the research."
More Information
For information on how to apply for an Anesthesiology Preceptorship Program please contact:
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Alan R. Tait, PhD
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Professor of Anesthesiology
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Director of Clinical Research
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University of Michigan Medical Center
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1150 West Medical Center Drive
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7433 Medical Science Building I
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Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109- 0615(734) 763-8128
(734) 936-4280
Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of Michigan Medical School
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