4th year elective question

[lucky9999]

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Currently making some changes to 4th year schedule. At this time, have 1 month of peds anesthesiology scheduled since my school only allows a student to do 2 weeks of adult anesthesiology... ?? Applied for some aways but many were already full, looks like I can possibly due a Critical Care month at UAB however. Without any actual adult anesthesiology OR time do you think its a disadvantage when applying for residency? Or, will the Peds and CCU months be adequate

Thanks for the help/advice

Lucky

 

[SleepIsGood]

Currently making some changes to 4th year schedule. At this time, have 1 month of peds anesthesiology scheduled since my school only allows a student to do 2 weeks of adult anesthesiology... ?? Applied for some aways but many were already full, looks like I can possibly due a Critical Care month at UAB however. Without any actual adult anesthesiology OR time do you think its a disadvantage when applying for residency? Or, will the Peds and CCU months be adequate

Thanks for the help/advice

Lucky

you will have done 2 weeks of adult anesthesiology right? so i dont think it's going to be a problem.

i only had one person on the trail actually ask me anything about having done an anesthesiology rotation. but then again I did do 2 anesthesia (adult) rotaitons. There's not much you can do now. I think you will be fine as long as everything else is 'good'. just make sure you have a good answer to 'why you did not schedule an anesthesiology rotation earlier'.

 

[lucky9999]

no..... I will have 4 weeks Peds and then 4weeks CCU at UAB. I also have a Trauma/SICU AI at my home school as well. I will have no adult anthesia rotations..

Lucky

 

[DrRobert]

I think a month of Peds anesthesia vs. zero adult anesthesia is not ideal, but certainly adequate. Add in the CCM rotation, and I think you have shown enough interest and gained enough experience to convince PDs that you are genuinely interested in anesthesiology.

 

[jennyboo]

I don't think it's a significant problem if you're lacking any adult anesthesiology experience but have 1 or 2 months of other anesthesia (especially if you have an anesthesiologist's LOR from whatever experience you do have). More than anything else, your anesthesia elective is a networking opportunity, and it's your chance to try out both the field and the department. Approach whatever experience you get (whether general/adult or subspecialized) as a networking opportunity to meet faculty and residents at a place where you might potentially want to work.

When scheduling aways, definitely look for electives that allow you to meet the anesthesiology faculty. That includes the "closed unit" anesthesia-run ICUs, shared anesthesia/surgery run ICUs with a significant presence of anesthesia attendings, OB anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, etc. Keep in mind that a SICU experience that's completely or heavily run by surgery won't help you meet the anesthesia faculty -- therefore, useless networking opportunity.