Survey results from The Anesthesia Clerkship Pocket Guide for Medical Students—promoting free open medical education resources in anesthesia

Abstract

To the Editor,Anesthesia is a mandatory two-week clerkship rotation in most Canadian medical schools. Yet student exposure and anesthesia-specific teaching remains low in undergraduate medical education, a sentiment that has been persistently noted. [1][2][3][4] This may be due to a variety of factors including limited pre-clinical familiarity and knowledge, and inconsistent highlighting of crossdisciplinary knowledge between anesthesia and other specialties. 3 There are currently several specialty-specific, quick-reference handbooks used by McMaster University medical students that address core objectives and supplement their experiential learning. McMaster University has previously published Understanding Anesthesia: A Learner's Handbook by Dr. Karen Raymer (https://anesthesiology.queensu.ca/source/ UnderstandingAnesthesia1_1_2.pdf)-a free, innovative, and widely used iBook for medical students.