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I don't see the relation, however don't let that stop you from exploring the field. Most people have positive feelings about anesthesiology, and you might also.I am interested in the medicine of both EM and IM (particularly EM), but dislike rounding and having an erratic schedule among other things. Many have suggested I look into anesthesiology, stating that it is a great middle ground or "compromise" between these two specialties. I have almost no experience in the field myself, and often think of anesthesiologists as being tied down to cases in the OR all day.
I was wondering what your thoughts were on this?
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EM is all about "erratic schedule." Not only in terms of working (even as an attending) nights, weekends, and holidays, but also in terms of possible work flow (you don't necessarily know how few or many people will present in the ED at any time), undifferentiated patients (you don't know who will walk through the door), juggling several patients at a time, waiting for lab or imaging results on your patients, calling different specialties to come and see a patient, or to admit them, etc. Not to mention the whole "fish bowl" aspect of EM can be intimidating or stressful for some people. It's like being a waiter or waitress at a busy restaurant. Some people do very well in that kind situation, others not so much.I am interested in the medicine of both EM and IM (particularly EM), but dislike rounding and having an erratic schedule among other things. Many have suggested I look into anesthesiology, stating that it is a great middle ground or "compromise" between these two specialties. I have almost no experience in the field myself, and often think of anesthesiologists as being tied down to cases in the OR all day.
I was wondering what your thoughts were on this?
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Anesthesiologists do pre-op evaluations on some patients, they have to hand off patients in the PACU after their surgery, among several other duties in and around the hospital, such as if you do OB anesthesia, but for the most part they spend their time in the OR. In addition, anesthesiologists are the leaders in terms of making sure all the surgeries in all the ORs of their hospital are running on time, moving efficiently, etc., so they aren't necessarily just stool sitters. The future seems to be increasingly headed towards more of a perioperative role too. For example, it's possible as an attending anesthesiologist you will be supervising CRNAs (at 1:2 or greater), thus covering multiple rooms, rather than sitting your own cases from start to finish. That could be good or bad depending on how you look at it. Anesthesiologists don't always know when the last case of the day will end though, for example if get cases added on, or moved around, so you have to be okay with that -- this could be seen as "erratic". And there can sometimes be respect issues for anesthesiologists, you have to be the type of person who doesn't let that get to you.I am interested in the medicine of both EM and IM (particularly EM), but dislike rounding and having an erratic schedule among other things. Many have suggested I look into anesthesiology, stating that it is a great middle ground or "compromise" between these two specialties. I have almost no experience in the field myself, and often think of anesthesiologists as being tied down to cases in the OR all day.
I was wondering what your thoughts were on this?
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Yeah, anesthesia itself is a really cool specialty (with all the cool physiology and pathophysiology, especially cardiovascular and pulmonary, the amazing and immediate pharmacology, the airway management, the procedures, the resus aspects, and much more). However, the politics and business side around it are real and legitimate concerns.In the anesth forum on here they make it seem like AMCs are taking over the entire country and there are going to be no good positions left in 10 years. Maybe this is a severe over exaggeration but I really liked shadowing in anesthesia but the outlook is scaring me away a bit