The Periop/Acute Care block is a composite rotation based upon a collaboration between the Departments of Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine and Surgery. Students spend between 5 and 6 weeks working with Faculty and housestaff in the three Departments. The overall aim is to gain a better appreciation of acute illness presentations and the experience of the surgical patient from emergency assessment, pre-operative work-up, the operative experience (from the point of view of both the anesthesiologist and the surgeon) and post-operative care and follow-up.