Anesthesia related masters

[deleted697535]

Has anyone done anything interesting masters degree wise re anesthesia & health at all?
I'd really like to do something health economics related but I don't know where to start.
Also interested in other topics people have pursued!

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[chocomorsel]

In the US a person with a masters degree in anesthesia is called a CRNA or an AA.
Would be going backwards for us since we already have doctorates.

Physiology PhD maybe?

 

[Twiggidy]

Has anyone done anything interesting masters degree wise re anesthesia & health at all?
I'd really like to do something health economics related but I don't know where to start.
Also interested in other topics people have pursued!

Look into an MPH. It's something I've been considering

 

[deleted162650]

Look into an MPH. It's something I've been considering

Why??

 

[narcotics999]

Why??

To be a JCAHO boss.

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[kamilo6]

when I became vice-chair I started a master's in health administration online at Umass. It was worthwhile to learn hardcore business accounting, employment law, due-process credentialing, metrics & running a cost-center. I didn't finish it because it really was overkill unless you want to transition to fulltime hospital management. Most of the students were vice-chairs or nurse managers.
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[pgg]

Why?

What skill or knowledge do you want to pick up?

What job is asking for a new credential?

You looking to move to the dark side of administration? Get a MBA from a big name place.

Adding letters after your name for the sake of adding letters is what [other people] do.

 

[Twiggidy]

Why??

Maybe if you 're sick of seeing patients. There are probably more "interesting" career paths with an MPH, although not very lucrative.

 

[Twiggidy]

Why?

What skill or knowledge do you want to pick up?

What job is asking for a new credential?

You looking to move to the dark side of administration? Get a MBA from a big name place.

Adding letters after your name for the sake of adding letters is what [other people] do.

Agree. At this point when you're already in a six figure career there's not much point in paying for extra education unless you're trying to change career paths. You shouldn't get an MBA or MPH if you're just going to sit in the OR all day.

 

[deleted162650]

Maybe if you 're sick of seeing patients.

Dude, you're CT Anesthesia. You don't even really "see" patients.

 

[Twiggidy]

Dude, you're CT Anesthesia. You don't even really "see" patients.

Sadly half of my practice I deal with people who are wide awake and that's enough that even I was considering a complete career change. At this point I need to listen to the advice of a colleague in the hospital and "take a bad situation and find a way make it better". Now I keep a close eye on the anesthesia wanted ads

 

[nimbus]

Sadly half of my practice I deal with people who are wide awake and that's enough that even I was considering a complete career change. At this point I need to listen to the advice of a colleague in the hospital and "take a bad situation and find a way make it better". Now I keep a close eye on the anesthesia wanted ads

Hey Jude......

 

[Twiggidy]

Hey Jude......

i see what you did there

 

[deleted162650]

Sadly half of my practice I deal with people who are wide awake and that's enough that even I was considering a complete career change. At this point I need to listen to the advice of a colleague in the hospital and "take a bad situation and find a way make it better". Now I keep a close eye on the anesthesia wanted ads

I know a place where as long as you're willing to take Cardiac and Trauma call, you'd never have to do OB again. 😉

 

[deleted171991]

When I was a resident, I used to think that $3K for an epidural was highway robbery. Now, I think it's charity.

@Twiggidy, consider a VA or academic job that has no OB in it.

 

[dchz]

I LOVE OB. Am I crazy?? It's very gratifying and satisfying....

 

[AdmiralChz]

I LOVE OB. Am I crazy?? It's very gratifying and satisfying....

The work itself isn’t bad (well, sometimes it is) but as you transition to attending you’ll see just how dysfunctional it can be working with the OB-GYNs. Their patients are often young and healthy, and they get minimal overall surgical exposure (compared to other surgical specialties) so they aren’t used to having perioperative discussions with other doctors or interfacing very well with anesthesia like a general surgeon would be. Because of that you are often the last person to know about a particular plan on L&D

Especially at a high risk unit where care is siloed between different resident teams who may or may not speak with each other, getting a clear answer about what is going on can be difficult if not impossible. At our shop we aren’t readily informed about emergencies or overall plans which is frustrating. Add to that constant turnover from L&D staff if a critical-access hospital who at times demands epidurals placed within 10 minutes and you can have a pretty rough overall work environment.