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I have multiple contacts who are currently in anesthesia residents. It has been said by contacts that a critical care fellowship in combination with a cardiac fellowship would be useful for academic critical care (more so than only critical care). The argument is that with cardiac you would be TEE certified and be even more valuable/marketable with your critical care fellowship. However, it seems that more and more Gas critical care programs are incorporating enough TEE cases to be eligible to sit for certs (Duke for instance). What else about cardiac would make an academic practitioner more attractive that I'm missing?
I would appreciate any pros/cons concerning this pairing in light of wanting to be in academics. I'm also interested how it would affect a person if they decided to go to private practice instead.
I don't necessarily disagree with this notion. I actually think it would be cool combo because not only would you be exposed to many different cases but you would experience them (at least presumably) multiple times which would hopefully drive those experiences into your brain forever. However I don't know if that means its worth an extra year or two of lost income and career advancement. At the moment I want to do critical care and go into academics so I'm planning on at least one year post-residency.
Thanks as always for all the great insights.
I would appreciate any pros/cons concerning this pairing in light of wanting to be in academics. I'm also interested how it would affect a person if they decided to go to private practice instead.
I don't necessarily disagree with this notion. I actually think it would be cool combo because not only would you be exposed to many different cases but you would experience them (at least presumably) multiple times which would hopefully drive those experiences into your brain forever. However I don't know if that means its worth an extra year or two of lost income and career advancement. At the moment I want to do critical care and go into academics so I'm planning on at least one year post-residency.
Thanks as always for all the great insights.