The MCG Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine's nearly 100-year-old Externship Program is one of only five or six in the country and allows interestedto work nights, weekends and holidays, as a critical part of the anesthesia and operating room teams.
"This program was actually started in 1938 by our first chair Dr. Perry Volpitto, and originally it was designed to get medical The externship, which students can start as early as the first year of medical school, is mutually beneficial for students and the department, says study senior author Dr. Caryl Bailey, assistant professor and director of the anesthesiology clerkship for medical students.