Anesthesiologist run ICU

[DOme2009]

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i've asked PDs/Chairs/Faculty this question at interviews, but now the forums get a crack at it: how important is it for anesthesiologists to run the ICU where you train for residency? should this matter at all?

 

[fakin' the funk]

i've asked PDs/Chairs/Faculty this question at interviews, but now the forums get a crack at it: how important is it for anesthesiologists to run the ICU where you train for residency? should this matter at all?

What did they say? I'm willing to bet the intensivists and faculty at ICU-strong programs said it's VERY important, and I bet the non-intensivists and faculty at ICU-weak programs shrugged it off. 😀

 

[DOme2009]

kind of what i expected - none of the programs i interviewed at were really strong on ICU so the answers i got probably reflected that, but yeah, an anethesia-run ICU wasn't viewed as a significantly better teaching/learning experience for residents than an intensivist-run ICU. "politics" was the often quoted reason why so many ICU's were not run by anesthesiologists 🙄.

anyone with personal experience from different ICU's have anything to add?

 

[deleted9493]

As someone in training, it probably won't matter who is managing the primary critical care team while you're rotating. I mean, obviously you'll get different perspectives from the surgical vs. anesthesia trained intensivists but it's not as though your education is going to suffer because you are under the auspices of a surgeon.

Of more concern is the value placed on resident education in the rotation. You can debate all day who is most well-suited to be directing any given ICU but if there's no teaching, what's the difference?