Case Presentation Topic

[TawMus]

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I'm a 4th year on my anesthesia rotation and I've been asked to do a case presentation 10-15min long. Any ideas on picking the right topic? I'd like to pick a case that shows my ability to think critically and exhibits my understanding of the field. Thanks!

 

[Mman]

I'm a 4th year on my anesthesia rotation and I've been asked to do a case presentation 10-15min long. Any ideas on picking the right topic? I'd like to pick a case that shows my ability to think critically and exhibits my understanding of the field. Thanks!

Pick any case you've been a part of. 10-15 minutes is plenty of time to talk about anything. You can mention what the case is, describe the medical history of the patient, the various ways you could've done the anesthesia (general vs regional), what particular drugs were used and why, the intraop monitoring and events, plan for postop recovery, etc.

From a medical student presentation point of view, you could easily spend 10 minutes talking about an ASA 1 patient having a lap appy. Simple straightforward case, but plenty of tidbits worth discussing. NPO status, RSI, physiology of peritoneal insufflation, etc.

 

[Kell P]

I'm a 4th year on my anesthesia rotation and I've been asked to do a case presentation 10-15min long. Any ideas on picking the right topic? I'd like to pick a case that shows my ability to think critically and exhibits my understanding of the field. Thanks!

I am a medical student too. I loved my anaesthesia rotation so keep in mind I would have been really happy to talk about anything anaesthesia related. Essentially when I was asked to do a presentation at the end of rotation I brainstormed my choices in 3 main categories:

1. Patient-specific issue (e.g. eclampsia, pulmonary hypertension).

2. Surgery-specific issue (e.g. TURP syndrome, bone cement implantation syndrome)

3. Anaesthesia-specific issue (e.g. GA vs regional, monitoring awareness)

I ended up talking about TIVA by the way since it was my first time seeing one and talked a bit about the TCI algorithms.

 

[TawMus]

I am a medical student too. I loved my anaesthesia rotation so keep in mind I would have been really happy to talk about anything anaesthesia related. Essentially when I was asked to do a presentation at the end of rotation I brainstormed my choices in 3 main categories:

1. Patient-specific issue (e.g. eclampsia, pulmonary hypertension).

2. Surgery-specific issue (e.g. TURP syndrome, bone cement implantation syndrome)

3. Anaesthesia-specific issue (e.g. GA vs regional, monitoring awareness)

I ended up talking about TIVA by the way since it was my first time seeing one and talked a bit about the TCI algorithms.

I was actually specifically asked to prepare a CASE presentation. I have a pretty good idea on how I'm going to prepare and deliver the presentation. Just wanted some ideas on great case examples.

 

[Mman]

I was actually specifically asked to prepare a CASE presentation. I have a pretty good idea on how I'm going to prepare and deliver the presentation. Just wanted some ideas on great case examples.

You don't need a great case example. None of us know what cases you've seen. You can't really present something if you didn't see it. You need a case and that can be turned into a great case presentation.

Why don't you tell us about some of the cases you've been a part of and maybe get some feedback about which might sound more interesting.

 

[Kell P]

I was actually specifically asked to prepare a CASE presentation. I have a pretty good idea on how I'm going to prepare and deliver the presentation. Just wanted some ideas on great case examples.

I understand that. What I was trying to say is you can use the case as a starting point to talk about a specific issue which was what I did. I started off with a quick case summary and then highlighted the fact that the patient said the last time she had GA she had severe PONV and used that to talk about TIVA (because that's what she got).

In terms of "great" case examples? Well no one other than you knows what cases you have seen and probably also depends what you mean by "great". Do you think talking about patients with undiagnosed OSA going into surgery is "great"?