"12 THINGS TO KNOW AS YOU NEAR THE END OF YOUR ANESTHESIA TRAINING" (Dr. Novak)

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Posted on February 8, 2016

http://theanesthesiaconsultant.com/...you-near-the-end-of-your-anesthesia-training/

"1. Your professors won’t find you a job. Their role is to teach anesthesia, to take care of patients, and to do research. They are not guidance counselors. Most of them are academics who either enjoy teaching or who enjoy the university faculty lifestyle. If they knew of or coveted a private practice job themselves, they would have taken one themselves long ago. You’ll likely have to find a job yourself."

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Posted on February 8, 2016

http://theanesthesiaconsultant.com/...you-near-the-end-of-your-anesthesia-training/

"1. Your professors won’t find you a job. Their role is to teach anesthesia, to take care of patients, and to do research. They are not guidance counselors. Most of them are academics who either enjoy teaching or who enjoy the university faculty lifestyle. If they knew of or coveted a private practice job themselves, they would have taken one themselves long ago. You’ll likely have to find a job yourself."

That's the difference between a good program and a great one. The latter has an excellent network of alumni and postgraduate placement history. Everybody should inquire about this when interviewing for residency/fellowship.

I can't agree enough with this:

Think “Airway – Airway – Airway.” Airway –Breathing – Circulation, or A – B – C, describes the core management of critical care situations in the operating room, the emergency room, or the ICU. Of these three, the one that can get a new graduate (or any anesthesiologist) in a heap of trouble in less than five minutes is a botched airway. Be extremely careful and vigilant regarding all issues of airway management, both at times of intubation and extubation. Faulty judgment which leads to three minutes of hypoxia for your patient could severely harm your patient and change your life. Learn the ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm, and read AVOIDING AIRWAY DISASTERS IN ANESTHESIA. Avoid an airway disaster at all costs.

I would add: become great at videolaryngoscopy and all kinds of LMAs, and never work in a place where you can't use either anytime.