CRNA turned Anesthesiologist

[Neogenesis]

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There are many threads in this forum debating CRNA vs Anesthesiologist, as well as how they view the other. I know a few CRNA's that have gone back to medical school to become Anesthesiologists. I was wondering with the debates and sometimes heated arguments/perceptions of each other's profession, what do you all think the perception of these individuals by current CRNA's is? Do they feel that they can relate more to them, that they have their best interest in mind and that they are a closer comrade in the CRNA vs Anesthesiologist "battle"? Or do they look at them with more animosity for "turning to the darkside"?

NEO

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

There are many threads in this forum debating CRNA vs Anesthesiologist, as well as how they view the other. I know a few CRNA's that have gone back to medical school to become Anesthesiologists. I was wondering with the debates and sometimes heated arguments/perceptions of each other's profession, what do you all think the perception of these individuals by current CRNA's is? Do they feel that they can relate more to them, that they have their best interest in mind and that they are a closer comrade in the CRNA vs Anesthesiologist "battle"? Or do they look at them with more animosity for "turning to the darkside"?

NEO

Why are you asking anesthesiologists how CRNAs feel about something? Wouldn't you get better answers from asking on a CRNA forum?

 

[Neogenesis]

Why are you asking anesthesiologists how CRNAs feel about something? Wouldn't you get better answers from asking on a CRNA forum?

Perhaps, but there are CRNAs that post on this forum and there may be anesthesiologists who were prior CRNAs that could offer first hand opinions.

NEO

 

[nap$ter]

There are many threads in this forum debating CRNA vs Anesthesiologist, as well as how they view the other. I know a few CRNA's that have gone back to medical school to become Anesthesiologists. I was wondering with the debates and sometimes heated arguments/perceptions of each other's profession, what do you all think the perception of these individuals by current CRNA's is? Do they feel that they can relate more to them, that they have their best interest in mind and that they are a closer comrade in the CRNA vs Anesthesiologist "battle"? Or do they look at them with more animosity for "turning to the darkside"?

NEO

i've never met a crna who has gone back to med school for four years, and then completed four more years of residency. how many exactly do you know that have chosen this route?

 

[Neogenesis]

i've never met a crna who has gone back to med school for four years, and then completed four more years of residency. how many exactly do you know that have chosen this route?

I guess few was the wrong word. I personally know of 2, one whom I work with fairly regularly and one whom I've met through acquaintances.

NEO

 

[Arch Guillotti]

There are many threads in this forum debating CRNA vs Anesthesiologist, as well as how they view the other. I know a few CRNA's that have gone back to medical school to become Anesthesiologists. I was wondering with the debates and sometimes heated arguments/perceptions of each other's profession, what do you all think the perception of these individuals by current CRNA's is? Do they feel that they can relate more to them, that they have their best interest in mind and that they are a closer comrade in the CRNA vs Anesthesiologist "battle"? Or do they look at them with more animosity for "turning to the darkside"?

NEO

I know a few.

But who really cares?

Are you an anesthesia resident?

 

[Neogenesis]

I know a few.

But who really cares?

Are you an anesthesia resident?

Just curiosity more than anything I guess. And yes, I am an anesthesia resident

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

Just curiosity more than anything I guess. And yes, I am an anesthesia resident

Well, it sounds like you have more expertise on the subject than most, since you know 2 who have made the switch. I think it is probably indeed a rare thing, given the time/financial commitment.

 

[BobBarker]

Jane Fitch, OU Anesthesia Chair, is a former CRNA..

 

[Gern Blansten]

I know of four myself. One actually posts here occasionally.

 

[Dejavu]

i've never met a crna who has gone back to med school for four years, and then completed four more years of residency. how many exactly do you know that have chosen this route?

I can testify that it is done, albeit uncommonly.

I did it. One of my fellow residents had been a CRNA. I met another one in Med School.

I am well received by both sides of the aisle and always have been, during residency and as a staff MD. This happens because I keep my opinions to myself. And I never ever tattle on someone, to the other side, when someone expresses an opinion about the national issues between the two groups. I will say that I have two CRNA friends from years past who refuse to talk to me since I switched camps, but those are the only two problem people I have met.

The CRNAs I work with consider me one of their favorite MDs to work with because I treat everyone with respect.

 

[Neogenesis]

I can testify that it is done, albeit uncommonly.

I did it. One of my fellow residents had been a CRNA. I met another one in Med School.

I am well received by both sides of the aisle and always have been, during residency and as a staff MD. This happens because I keep my opinions to myself. And I never ever tattle on someone, to the other side, when someone expresses an opinion about the national issues between the two groups. I will say that I have two CRNA friends from years past who refuse to talk to me since I switched camps, but those are the only two problem people I have met.

The CRNAs I work with consider me one of their favorite MDs to work with because I treat everyone with respect.

Thanks. I appreciate your insight.

NEO

 

[Dirtball]

I met one fellow who began as OR orderly> RN > CRNA > MD > ologist .... he saw it as the pursuit of higher education, the best I recall. He was a very gracious and caring physician. He did enjoy teaching. There are no darksides as you imply. There are RN's and there are MD's. The education is very different. I dealt with a CRNA "oversight" today. What is your point here?

 

[Neogenesis]

I met one fellow who began as OR orderly> RN > CRNA > MD > ologist .... he saw it as the pursuit of higher education, the best I recall. He was a very gracious and caring physician. He did enjoy teaching. There are no darksides as you imply. There are RN's and there are MD's. The education is very different. I dealt with a CRNA "oversight" today. What is your point here?

"turning to the darkside" was used merely as an expression, no implication of sinister thoughts intended. Both professions, as you state, are based on different educational approaches and both are noble. My point with this thread was merely to get a sense of what those, albeit few, individuals that have been on both sides of the coin have experienced in what can prove to sometimes be a very heated argument from practitioners on both sides - sometimes based on facts and reason, sometimes based on personal experience and sometime regurgitated nonsense.

NEO