Fellowship questions

[Wboyc]

Can anyone provide an example as to how emergency medicine physicians who do a critical care fellowship split their time between the two? I know of some who do 50/50 and 80/20, but I'd like to know how that translates into a weekly or monthly schedule. Thanks in advance.

 

[dotcb]

I work in academic EM. We have a few people in my group who do both. In a 2 month period, they do 1 week of ICU and 20 EM shifts.

For a new full-time EM faculty member - they would do 28 EM shifts in the same 2 months.

 

[Wboyc]

I work in academic EM. We have a few people in my group who do both. In a 2 month period, they do 1 week of ICU and 20 EM shifts.

For a new full-time EM faculty member - they would do 28 EM shifts in the same 2 months.

Do they do 12 hour shifts?

 

[dotcb]

EM shifts are 8 hours. ICU is in hospital during the day, on call and available by phone at night.

 

[ORL10]

I do 14, 12-hour in house ICU shifts/month (Our ICU model has moved to 24/7 coverage). For the time being I do NO EM, but can pick up PRN. I'm at an academic hospital with 800ish beds and a little over 100 ICU beds, I currently work only in the MICCU (36 beds, with 12 being a pulmonary step-down).

You can do both, but most people gravitate towards one or the other. I have no interest in low risk abdominal pain, low risk chest pain, vaginal discharge as a chief complaint, back pain etc.. so Id need to only work on the resus side to maintain interest which the director told me we could work out.

 

[Wboyc]

Do you work 7 on 7 off?

 

[ORL10]

yup, 7 on 7 off, we'll be transitioning that to 5's because 7 12's is a beat down.

 

[tube]

I do 14, 12-hour in house ICU shifts/month (Our ICU model has moved to 24/7 coverage).

Do you do 14 shifts in a 28 day cycle or 14 shifts in a calendar month? With 7 on 7 off are you doing 26 weeks (and weekends) a year?

Thanks.