Interesting anesthesiologist blogs

[deleted171991]

I will start the list with those I read regularly:

aPennedPoint - The observations of Karen Sullivan Sibert, MD a Los Angeles anesthesiologist, writer, and mother.
Great Z's - Anesthesiologists. There are no substitutes.
Theanesthesiaconsultant Blog - The Anesthesia Consultant is designed to inform and entertain both laypeople and medical specialists.

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[scutdoc]

Asclepion - Craig Chen's weblog. Chen is a resident or actually now a current fellow in critical care at Stanford.

 

[mja75]

The Great Z blog states that Anesthesiology residency slots have increased by 32% in 5 years. Seriously anesthesiology? Seriously?

"Other fields that are highly sought after have kept the number of residency positions level or even decreased despite the clamoring for spots. Dermatology went from 31 in 2010 to just 20 this year, making it even more desirable like a rare commodity. Neurosurgery went from 191 five years ago to 206 today, a barely perceptible increase of 7.9%. Orthopedics stayed fairly stable from 656 to 695, or 5.9%. What did anesthesiology department heads do? They increased the number of positions available by 31.6% in five years. That rate of growth is clearly not sustainable and will take time to absorb."

 

[BLADEMDA]

The Great Z blog states that Anesthesiology residency slots have increased by 32% in 5 years. Seriously anesthesiology? Seriously?

"Other fields that are highly sought after have kept the number of residency positions level or even decreased despite the clamoring for spots. Dermatology went from 31 in 2010 to just 20 this year, making it even more desirable like a rare commodity. Neurosurgery went from 191 five years ago to 206 today, a barely perceptible increase of 7.9%. Orthopedics stayed fairly stable from 656 to 695, or 5.9%. What did anesthesiology department heads do? They increased the number of positions available by 31.6% in five years. That rate of growth is clearly not sustainable and will take time to absorb."

My math shows about a 22% increase in residency positions since 2010. That number is leveling off to around 1660 positions in 2014

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

The Great Z blog states that Anesthesiology residency slots have increased by 32% in 5 years. Seriously anesthesiology? Seriously?

"Other fields that are highly sought after have kept the number of residency positions level or even decreased despite the clamoring for spots. Dermatology went from 31 in 2010 to just 20 this year, making it even more desirable like a rare commodity. Neurosurgery went from 191 five years ago to 206 today, a barely perceptible increase of 7.9%. Orthopedics stayed fairly stable from 656 to 695, or 5.9%. What did anesthesiology department heads do? They increased the number of positions available by 31.6% in five years. That rate of growth is clearly not sustainable and will take time to absorb."

Fairly sure there are more than 20 dermatology residents in the US per year, but the point is well taken.

Though I'm not sure that keeping numbers artificially low is the answer. If demand increases out of proportion to supply, sometimes people will change the supplier. Not enough FPs? More NPs/PAs. Same for many other fields in medicine.

 

[pgg]

I'm curious what the CRNA grad numbers look like. I bet it's increased a hell of a lot more than 22% or 32% in that period ...

 

[BLADEMDA]

Fairly sure there are more than 20 dermatology residents in the US per year, but the point is well taken.

Though I'm not sure that keeping numbers artificially low is the answer. If demand increases out of proportion to supply, sometimes people will change the supplier. Not enough FPs? More NPs/PAs. Same for many other fields in medicine.

Don't buy into the AANA propaganda. There are so many subpar CRNAs out there that no major hospital CEO will allow them to run solo. Either you add something to the care of the patient or you don't. CRNAs are a dime a dozen these days so I wouldn't play the numbers game with them. Instead, allow them to flood the market with cheap midlevel labor while we retain the high ground of the ACT model.

If you have seen what I have over the past 20 years the solo CRNA is pure political propaganda at the expense of patient safety.

 

[deleted171991]

If you have seen what I have over the past 20 years the solo CRNA is pure political propaganda at the expense of patient safety.

The problem is that many CRNAs who could not run solo are unsafe even under medical direction. And they do it on our license and on our patients, usually unpunished (so not to upset the Great CRNA God most of the groups/hospitals worship).

I would prefer to see them swim or sink on their own knowledge and skills. I would be sorry for their patients but, from where I stand, a patient who accepts a midlevel deserves mid-level care.

 

[Psai]

It looks like what great z did was to look at the number of pgy-1 matches only and not pgy-2 which is why the numbers are off.

 

[MaximusD]

do do do

 

[MaximusD]

D.O. D.O. D.O.

WTF. All I did was type d_o without the _ and it automatically made it DO

 

[Apollyon]

WTF. All I did was type d_o without the _ and it automatically made it D.O.

April Fools!

 

[David Moss]

One of my favorites is HollywoodAnesthesia
Here is my complete list.
We've also added a section for procedural movies.

Books can now have multiple categories.
We are now a partner site with SDN

DM

 

[mja75]

CCF has cut back from 35 to 20 slots over to past few years I believe? Hopefully other programs will follow.

 

[scutdoc]

He's definitely not as awesome as the others you mentioned like Great Zs who I've also followed for a while now. But I think he's alright. He doesn't ever say anything terribly controversial or weigh in with any substance on any of the pressing issues like CRNAs, etc. He's more on the reflective or literary side. An arts and science sort of a guy. A bit soft for my tastes at times. But still I appreciate him for what he is.