结合本科医学教育项目，麻醉与疼痛医学系为第三和第四年临床职员（UofA和非UofA加拿大学员）提供麻醉选修课。临床选修课包括麻醉师在手术室和康复室的指导，并引导阅读相关文献。
现代临床麻醉学实践的本质往往意味着我们不能为每个选修生分配单一的指导医师;然而，我们的教职员是友好的，渴望教授，这样学生可以接受一对一指导，这意味着工作人员经常可以根据一两天的经验写参考信。总的来说，医学生的响应一直是成功的，这要归功于各种各样的患者接触和我们高度热情的员工。
In conjunction with the Undergraduate Medical Education program, the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine offers anesthesia electives for 3rd and 4th year clinical clerks (both UofA, and non-UofA Canadian trainees). This clinical elective includes instruction by anesthesiologists in the operating and recovery rooms, and guided reading of relevant literature.
The nature of modern clinical anesthesiology practice often means that we cannot assign a single preceptor to each elective student; however, our staff are friendly and eager to teach so the one-on-one exposure that students do receive, means that staff can often write reference letters based on one or two days experience. Overall, the response from medical students has always been a resounding ‘wow’ thanks to the wide variety of patient exposures and our highly enthusiastic staff.