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When is comes to medicine, my favorite is OR anesthesiology and my second favorite is critical care. Do you think that it is wiser to do a fellowship in CCM in anticipation of anesthesia becoming more of a perioperative field or go out into private practice and secure a partnership track ASAP?
Here are some of my thoughts
Pros for CCM fellowship
- more well-rounded peri-op physician
- most certainly has excellent job security
cons for CCM fellowhship
- Another year of training
- In order to practice CCM, would most definitely have to move my family to a different part of the country to find an established group to join. Other option is to stay academic.
- If I did a CCM fellowship and then got a job in an OR, I couldn't jump into the ICU 10 years later because of a fellowship I did a decade ago because the field changes so rapidly.
Pros for going into Private practice
- I like providing anesthesia more than CCM and it makes more money, so why not do it? If it becomes impossible to continue as an OR only doc in the future, I can cross that bridge when i come to it and do a fellowship then.
cons for going into private practice
- theoretical fear that OR only practice will be phased out
Any advice appreciated!
Here are some of my thoughts
Pros for CCM fellowship
- more well-rounded peri-op physician
- most certainly has excellent job security
cons for CCM fellowhship
- Another year of training
- In order to practice CCM, would most definitely have to move my family to a different part of the country to find an established group to join. Other option is to stay academic.
- If I did a CCM fellowship and then got a job in an OR, I couldn't jump into the ICU 10 years later because of a fellowship I did a decade ago because the field changes so rapidly.
Pros for going into Private practice
- I like providing anesthesia more than CCM and it makes more money, so why not do it? If it becomes impossible to continue as an OR only doc in the future, I can cross that bridge when i come to it and do a fellowship then.
cons for going into private practice
- theoretical fear that OR only practice will be phased out
Any advice appreciated!