Anesthesia syllabus in China

Anesthesiology is an important clinical course for medical students.
The purpose of anesthesia training for medical students is not to make anesthesiologists out of all medical students, but to give students knowledge of basic concepts used in anesthesia and to teach them skills of airway management and vascular access that may be useful to them in other areas of medical practice.

The physician should have a good knowledge of what the anesthetic will do to the patient, even though the physician does not administer it himself or herself.
Students should also learn basic techniques of maintaining a clear airway and giving assisted or artificial ventilation.
The subject of Anaesthesiology is taught under the following headings:
1. Clinical Anesthesia
2. Shock and CardioPulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation
3. Diagnosis and management of Pain.

Contents	Lecture	Self-Study	Practice
General introduction of anesthesia	1
Preoperative assessment and preparation	1	2
Regional anesthesia	2	2
General anesthesia	1	3
Airway management and control	2	2
Breathing function monitoring	2	2
Blood dynamics monitoring	2
Shock	2	2
Cardio-Pulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation	3
Pain diagnosis and treatment	2
Total	18	13

Anesthesiology,1^stEdition, Zeng Yin-ming, Luo ai-lun, et al. 2004, The people Sanitation Publishing Company
Anesthesia,5^th Edition, Volume 2, Ronald D. 2001, Miller. Science Press Harcourt Asia Churchill Livingstone