Pain Management

Location

Rush

# Weeks

2

Hours/week on site

31-40

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

0

Prerequisites

?

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility 1 day off  

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

no

Weekend call?

no

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no

Students required to give a presentation

no

Teaching hours/day

0-1

Teaching style

Very little teaching

Suggested reading/pocket contents

Anesthesia secrets

 

Structure of rotation

One on one w/residents and attendings

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

Attendings- very little time and poor quality teaching;  residents/fellows- working one-on-one and fair teaching

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

0-25%

# pts evaluated/day

>10

Procedures

once a day

Typical day

clinic patients 8hrs a day with opportunity for many procedures.

Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5)

3

Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5)

5

Useful for other specialties

Anesthesia, PMnR,  palliative care, internal medicine

Overall rating (# stars/5)

2

Recommended to other students (# stars/5)

2

Other comments

Rotation needs oversight from course director and should include acute pain service