A quick ?

[PELE#10]

I am a little confused about how it all works. After a anesthesiology residency how competitive is it to get into a pain medicine fellowship. What kind of pain is treated. How is pain medicine different from regular general anesthesia. How is the lifestyle of a pain medicine doctor. Where do you apply for work after the fellowship? Do I just apply to a pre existing practice.

Just curious
thanks

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[Aether2000]

The practice and pain medicine is a very broad area encompassing multiple types of pain. Many anesthesiologists practice part time pain management as an aside or ancillary part of their practice. Anesthesiologists will often treat acute postoperative pain, acute traumatic pain, some chronic pain, and some cancer pain. The majority of the practice of most anesthesiologists tends to be an inpatient practice which differs significantly from that of most pain management doctors who practice almost exclusively in the outpatient arena. Although there is some overlap in the techniques and training of both anesthesiologists and pain management sessions doctors, there exists often major philosophical differences between the two groups. New pain Doctors matriculating from pain fellowship programs will often benefit from joining and already existent group of pain physicians. The starting a new practice immediately after completing residency and fellowship is a daunting task filled with many pitfalls. See the section on starting a practice www.algosresearch.org