OB anesthesia?

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UTSouthwestern said:
Yes. A big waste of all the training you receive, but yes you can do OB only as a career, although the call nights might make it less palatable.
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I was just curious. I really enjoyed my OB rotation and the patients, but unfortunately, I plan on having lots of children with my future hubby, and I'd like to have a more predictable schedule. I don't mind doing call, as I'm sure there would be other anestesia docs to handle some of the call load. I figure I might as well work with a patient population that I'm excited about, and even though the ccall nights might make it less attractive, it can't be that horrible. . . or can it?
 
I am assuming that there would be more call. . .
Does anyone know of a resource that could provide information about hours and weekly schedule?
 
If you join my group, you can do all the OB. I'll even cover your OR schedule. I hate OB if you can't tell. Its not the patients that I hate either.
 
If your institution has a women's hospital, some OB groups will also do GYN services as well. OB by itself can be very profitable, but can become both boring and exhausting with respect to the hours. Also, remember that you too will be named as a defendant in any OB cases with bad fetal outcomes (e.g. high risk pregnancies, poor prenatal care, preterm labor, etc.).
 
ideas said:
I was just curious. I really enjoyed my OB rotation and the patients, but unfortunately, I plan on having lots of children with my future hubby, and I'd like to have a more predictable schedule. I don't mind doing call, as I'm sure there would be other anestesia docs to handle some of the call load. I figure I might as well work with a patient population that I'm excited about, and even though the ccall nights might make it less attractive, it can't be that horrible. . . or can it?
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How cute 🙂
 
yup , it can be that horrible. as a CA-1 we had to do an awful lot of time in OB , one of my fellow residents was initially excited about the prospect of being able to do lots of epidurals :laugh: , but it got old really quick... (hi arthur calimaran whereever you are now!!🙂 )
 
ideas said:
I was just curious. I really enjoyed my OB rotation and the patients, but unfortunately, I plan on having lots of children with my future hubby, and I'd like to have a more predictable schedule. I don't mind doing call, as I'm sure there would be other anestesia docs to handle some of the call load. I figure I might as well work with a patient population that I'm excited about, and even though the ccall nights might make it less attractive, it can't be that horrible. . . or can it?
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OB anesthesia is a malpractice pit.. too much liability... back pain numbness in the legss... dead babies... inadequate coverage of epidural... stat c sections.. ( they will blame you if you are not there in 30 secs).. just way too much drama.. not to mention the l and d nurses are prolly the biggest bithches on the face of the earth.. the obstetricians also share that view..
 
Hmm. . .

In terms of the other anesthesia fellowships and career paths, which do you all find the most appealing in terms of malpractice, hours, etc. ?
 
Noyac said:
PAIN
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I visited the Pain medicine forum, but no one really would explain to me what exactly is involved in pain medicine. Does anyone mind giving me a description about what is done on a day to day basis, what it involves, and anything else that might be helpful?

Thanks! I am a third year student trying to decide between applying for Rad-onc and anesthesia. . . need to make some decisions soon. I have set up a shadowing experience with an anesthesiologist to learn more about the field. . . sigh, decisions.
 
You should really try to do a 2-4 week rotation in each to see which you prefer. Most anesthesia rotations would probably not have too much of a problem if you spent a day or two on OB anesthesia or pain, especially if you were doing a 4 week rotation. That's the best way to see what each are like.

If you don't like clinic, anesthesia might be a better choice than pain or rad onc.
 
ideas said:
I visited the Pain medicine forum, but no one really would explain to me what exactly is involved in pain medicine. Does anyone mind giving me a description about what is done on a day to day basis, what it involves, and anything else that might be helpful?

Thanks! I am a third year student trying to decide between applying for Rad-onc and anesthesia. . . need to make some decisions soon. I have set up a shadowing experience with an anesthesiologist to learn more about the field. . . sigh, decisions.
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There is a difference between a pain physician and a needle jockey. A pain physician ideally deals with the multifacets of a chronic pain patient. This includes psychosocial and medical issues like depression, support systems, sleep disturbance, deconditioning, etc. Treatments may range from PT, medications, psych counseling, etc.. The interventional portion of nerve blocks and implants and now disc procedures and diagnostics are just one facet of chronic pain management. Some physicians refuse to get into the multidisciplinary pain management. Others will be medical directors of these multidisciplinary facilities that will still allow them to do the interventional aspect of pain. As with running any clinic, there will be overhead expenses. Otherwise, you will join a group and negotiate your compensation.

Shadowing an OR anesthesiologist is much different from shadowing a pain management anesthesiologist.
 
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