peds anes

[icecream9]

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anyone in peds anes? what's it like?

 

[Pilot Doc]

Welcome to the forums. If you tell us more about your background and particular questions, we'll be able to give you pertinent information.

 

[Mister J]

Welcome to the forums. If you tell us more about your background and particular questions, we'll be able to give you pertinent information.

Sorry to hijack the OP's thread but this is something I had a bit of an interest in myself.

I'm a 3rd year med student planning to go into anesthesiology after a 1 month rotation. Peds was the only other field I was interested in but I guess I really just wanted to treat kids. On my peds roation, I loved the patient population, but I didn't enjoy the medicine I was practing (well checks, asthma exacerbations, etc).

I know I have a long time before needing to decide about a fellowship, but any info would be enlightening.

 

[Bertelman]

Sorry to hijack the OP's thread but this is something I had a bit of an interest in myself.

It's hard to hijack a thread that wasn't really going anywhere.

 

[Mister J]

It's hard to hijack a thread that wasn't really going anywhere.

Good point. I guess a few quesitons would be helpful.

A few of my concerns:

At what point does a fellowhip in peds anesthesia become necessary/useful? What is the patient demographic?

Is it worth it to defer a year of compensation to specialize?

Is there enough demand for fellowship-trained peds anesthesiologists for this to be worth doing?

 

[lfesiam]

Good point. I guess a few quesitons would be helpful.

A few of my concerns:

At what point does a fellowhip in peds anesthesia become necessary/useful? What is the patient demographic?

Is it worth it to defer a year of compensation to specialize?

Is there enough demand for fellowship-trained peds anesthesiologists for this to be worth doing?

Peds anesthesia rocks. I remember reading about this extensively on a previous post, try searching the forum OP 🙂

 

[Ashers]

Sorry to hijack the OP's thread but this is something I had a bit of an interest in myself.

I'm a 3rd year med student planning to go into anesthesiology after a 1 month rotation. Peds was the only other field I was interested in but I guess I really just wanted to treat kids. On my peds roation, I loved the patient population, but I didn't enjoy the medicine I was practing (well checks, asthma exacerbations, etc).

I know I have a long time before needing to decide about a fellowship, but any info would be enlightening.

Now there's a combined peds and anesthesia residency (5 years total) approved this past July. From what I understand, it's for people who want to do academic peds anesthesia. I think you'd still do a fellowship after it, from what I understand. My program's trying to talk me into doing it.

 

[Arch Guillotti]

http://www.asahq.org

look for most recent issue

 

[Pilot Doc]

At what point does a fellowhip in peds anesthesia become necessary/useful?

It becomes necessary(ish) if you want a job in a children's hospital. It becomes useful in many cases when looking for a job in a big group that does occasional peds and wants someone who can handle the sick kids that no one els wants

What is the patient demographic?

Highly variable by institution. Children's hospitals will ahve the expected collection of zebras. PP groups will often be 50% or more adults and ASA I/II on many of the kids.

Is it worth it to defer a year of compensation to specialize?

For money alone, probably not. You should do it because you like peds or if you have rigid geographic requirements and it helps you get a job where you want to live.

Is there enough demand for fellowship-trained peds anesthesiologists for this to be worth doing?

TONS. As far as I can tell every children's hospital is pretty much hiring in perpetuity. (Assuming that's a type of job you want)

 

[Mister J]

Thanks.

 

[Mobiaz]

How is the pediatric board certification structured? Forgive my ignorance, but in searching the internet I can't find any specifics concerning examination / case requirements / etc etc etc.......

 

[Pilot Doc]

How is the pediatric board certification structured? Forgive my ignorance, but in searching the internet I can't find any specifics concerning examination / case requirements / etc etc etc.......

There are no peds anesthesia boards.

The only subspecialty anes boards are
- CCM
- Pain
- one other really obscure one - palliative care or something

Peds and cardiac both have ACGME approval criteria for programs. You get a piece of paper saying you finished an approved fellowship. I'm not sure what the criteria for programs are, but they're probably available at acgme.org somewhere.

 

[Mobiaz]

Thanks that helps.

 

[Fastrach]

Now there's a combined peds and anesthesia residency (5 years total) approved this past July. From what I understand, it's for people who want to do academic peds anesthesia. I think you'd still do a fellowship after it, from what I understand. My program's trying to talk me into doing it.

One word: Barf.