going to ER after different field

[iatrosB]

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Does anyone know how difficult it is to match into an EM residency as a family physician? Is it an asset or a liability to be trained and have experience in a different specialty? Would a family practice trained doc need to do an EM residency to work in a rural to smaller community ED (20,000-120,000 pop.)?

 

[beyond all hope]

Unfortunately, being previously trained is considered a drawback for EM programs. A) they don't get paid as much for having you and B) most residencies seem to prefer kids right out of med school.

That being said, you could probably find yourself a spot if you looked long and hard.

There are a few EDs in rural communities that are willing to staff non-EM personel, but they are harder and harder to find. Most will require that you already have at least a year of ED experience beforehand.

I think Canada has EM fellowships for FP physicians. You may want to check that out.

 

[emtp2pac]

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[iatrosB]

There are a few EDs in rural communities that are willing to staff non-EM personel, but they are harder and harder to find. Most will require that you already have at least a year of ED experience beforehand.

Is the general concensus that it will be even harder to find these jobs in the future? There is a claimed shortage of EM trained docs and understaffed EDs but there is also a trend to using only board certified EM docs to fill the EDs.

 

[DrQuinn]

There are some programs that are known to take applicants with previous experience. In our group of twelve (two years of six residents), we have one guy who was an IM/Peds attending, an ID attending, and one guy who did an internship. You'll have to individually find out which programs tend to take a few applicants with previous expereince.
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