just what the title asks...
how does the amount of reading after work in gas compare with rads/EM/path?
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How can someone really answer this question unless they have done both residencies?
And why the f*k does it matter? Are you going to choose a field depending on how much reading you have to do?
And why the f*k does it matter? Are you going to choose a field depending on how much reading you have to do?
easy on the language man. stay copacetic. many factors determine what sort of specialty a person goes into, i'm not naive. its just that the way i am, im the kind of person who gets bored easily (i swear i ahve like ADHD or something), i need to be constantly stimulated (mentally and physically) and sitting down for hours to read has always been difficult for me. though i do it. i'm not naive enough to choose a specialty based solely on this.
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Pick your career first - then do and read what it takes to do it well. The content of training shouldn't dictate your career for the decades after that.
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all that said, for someone with ADHD, I can't imagine sitting in a dark room looking at CXR after CXR (or insert whatever study here) wouldn't drive you to suicide. Of course, this is after reading and understanding all that physics necessary to pass the boards.
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If you have ADHD and you don't like books maybe you should become an orthopedic surgeon.
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HEY! I was considering that at one point.......wait what were we talking about?
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I gotta 2nd the statement of why does this matter? Do you like the job or not? If you like it you are going to want to read to learn.
Could you get by with reading nothing except Anesthesia Secrets? Maybe?
Do you have to read and memorize Miller? Hell, no but I would recommend at least reading the thorasic chapter.
During residency my goal was to read 2hrs/day. Probably only actually achieved this around exam times but it was a goal. True average if being honest is 4-5 hrs/week with more around exams. Currently in my 5th and final year of residency (Canadian) closer to 2hrs/day of exam prep. Have a little stopwatch, every slow period in the OR, on the Bus, whatever, if I was reading stopwatch would count it. The second I was interrupted stopwatch would stop. Got though re-reading Anesthesia Secrets before the AKT in only 2 weeks with this method.
For path what do you need? Probably just memorize Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease no?
My Anesthesia library?
Cover to cover reading:
Start with Lange's Clinical Anesthesia and read cover to cover.
Faust - Anesthesiology Review for short snippits of reading up on cases - goal cover - cover.
Anesthesia secrets cover to cover as a good way of quizzing yourself (read question, try to answer then read answer).
Yao and Artusio's Anesthesiology: Problem-Oriented Patient Management - good way to kill time in the OR. Excellent practice for orals.
Board stiff too - light, fun reading in preparation for orals.
References
Boezarart - Anesthesia and Orthopaedic surgery. Great for regional, only book I use (also online sources such as www.NYSORA.com, www.anesth.uiowa.edu/rasci/, www.regionalworks.ca, www.usra.ca)
Jaffe - Anesthesiologist's Manual of Surgical Procedures - good reference source for figuring out what the hell the surgeons doing.
Barash - more in depth reading. Easier for me to read than Miller.
Miller - crazy in-depth. Some chapters good (thorasic) others suck. Majority of MCQ questions on Canadian exam come from this book so I use it as reference but not for everyday reading.
Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease - nice for reading around cases.
Steward and Lerman - Manual of Pediatric Anesthesia - yes, it's just a handbook but that is all I am using as my peds reference.
Not required to buy.
Chestnut - Sure for the weird and wonderful may be useful but taking your common everyday anesthetic knowledge and applying to pregant patients is not a huge strain. (Umm, pregnant with CAD. Ok, I'll treat you like you have CAD.)
Dorsch - Understanding Anesthesia Equipment. - this puts me to sleep every time. Head to the library if you need it.
Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia - good if heading into cardiac. Otherwise just borrow for rotation.
Expensive to buy these books? Sure but I got alot used from Amazon or E-bay. I also was able to claim them on my taxes when I started doing locums so save your receipts.
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Could you get by with reading nothing except Anesthesia Secrets? Maybe?
Do you have to read and memorize Miller? Hell, no but I would recommend at least reading the thorasic chapter.
During residency my goal was to read 2hrs/day. Probably only actually achieved this around exam times but it was a goal. True average if being honest is 4-5 hrs/week with more around exams. Currently in my 5th and final year of residency (Canadian) closer to 2hrs/day of exam prep. Have a little stopwatch, every slow period in the OR, on the Bus, whatever, if I was reading stopwatch would count it. The second I was interrupted stopwatch would stop. Got though re-reading Anesthesia Secrets before the AKT in only 2 weeks with this method.
For path what do you need? Probably just memorize Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease no?
My Anesthesia library?
Cover to cover reading:
Start with Lange's Clinical Anesthesia and read cover to cover.
Faust - Anesthesiology Review for short snippits of reading up on cases - goal cover - cover.
Anesthesia secrets cover to cover as a good way of quizzing yourself (read question, try to answer then read answer).
Yao and Artusio's Anesthesiology: Problem-Oriented Patient Management - good way to kill time in the OR. Excellent practice for orals.
Board stiff too - light, fun reading in preparation for orals.
References
Boezarart - Anesthesia and Orthopaedic surgery. Great for regional, only book I use (also online sources such as www.NYSORA.com, www.anesth.uiowa.edu/rasci/, www.regionalworks.ca, www.usra.ca)
Jaffe - Anesthesiologist's Manual of Surgical Procedures - good reference source for figuring out what the hell the surgeons doing.
Barash - more in depth reading. Easier for me to read than Miller.
Miller - crazy in-depth. Some chapters good (thorasic) others suck. Majority of MCQ questions on Canadian exam come from this book so I use it as reference but not for everyday reading.
Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease - nice for reading around cases.
Steward and Lerman - Manual of Pediatric Anesthesia - yes, it's just a handbook but that is all I am using as my peds reference.
Not required to buy.
Chestnut - Sure for the weird and wonderful may be useful but taking your common everyday anesthetic knowledge and applying to pregant patients is not a huge strain. (Umm, pregnant with CAD. Ok, I'll treat you like you have CAD.)
Dorsch - Understanding Anesthesia Equipment. - this puts me to sleep every time. Head to the library if you need it.
Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia - good if heading into cardiac. Otherwise just borrow for rotation.
Expensive to buy these books? Sure but I got alot used from Amazon or E-bay. I also was able to claim them on my taxes when I started doing locums so save your receipts.
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