Anesthesiology is one of the best-kept secrets in medicine.
It deals with physiology and pharmacology in a growing and expanding field. Historically, anesthesiologists were primarily based in the operating room. Now our field includes preoperative assessment, postanesthesia care, the intensive care unit, pain management and intraoperative management. At many medical schools, students are given two weeks or less of anesthesiology during their third or fourth year. These two weeks may be elective since some schools do not require any anesthesiology as a core rotation.