I spoke with an attending last week about anesthesia, and asked if the rumors are bad as people make it seem. He said that the field isn't in such bad shape, and the job market is still pretty decent. People are blowing it out of proportion.
I go to a mid-tier MD school, and I really like the idea of going into anesthesia. I originally took it off my radar because of what I've read on SDN, but maybe it can be a viable option after all?
I feel like my personality type meshes well with the field, and I like the OR but don't necessarily love it enough to go into surgery. Also anesthesia is not very competitive residency wise so I think I'll be able to set myself up to do residency in a great hospital/location.
How difficult is it to secure a job in academic medicine as an anesthesiologist? Freshly out of residency+fellowship, I've heard that anesthesiologists can expect to make roughly 300?
I don't need 400-500, I will be able to pay down my loans and live comfortable with 300, even 275. So even if salaries in the field are taking a hit, coming down from 350+, I'm fine with a job paying around 300.
According to Medscape 2018 report, it seems that the field is up 6% in terms of compensation, anesthesiologists still make good money, and they seem to have pretty good job satisfaction.
I get the CRNA issue, and supervising CRNAs might not be for everyone, but aside from that, am I missing anything major here? The AMCs also are an issue I've also heard about.
(Would consider doing pain fellowship to get a mix of OR time and interventional pain clinic)
Thank you!
I go to a mid-tier MD school, and I really like the idea of going into anesthesia. I originally took it off my radar because of what I've read on SDN, but maybe it can be a viable option after all?
I feel like my personality type meshes well with the field, and I like the OR but don't necessarily love it enough to go into surgery. Also anesthesia is not very competitive residency wise so I think I'll be able to set myself up to do residency in a great hospital/location.
How difficult is it to secure a job in academic medicine as an anesthesiologist? Freshly out of residency+fellowship, I've heard that anesthesiologists can expect to make roughly 300?
I don't need 400-500, I will be able to pay down my loans and live comfortable with 300, even 275. So even if salaries in the field are taking a hit, coming down from 350+, I'm fine with a job paying around 300.
According to Medscape 2018 report, it seems that the field is up 6% in terms of compensation, anesthesiologists still make good money, and they seem to have pretty good job satisfaction.
I get the CRNA issue, and supervising CRNAs might not be for everyone, but aside from that, am I missing anything major here? The AMCs also are an issue I've also heard about.
(Would consider doing pain fellowship to get a mix of OR time and interventional pain clinic)
Thank you!