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Now that I've been a frequent contributor to this forum for some time, I recognize it's wealth of knowledge offered by myself and other practicing anesthesiologists to residents and med students across the US. The internet is a powerful tool, and you residents/med students reading our posts (Mil, UT, Noyac, JWK et al have a distinct advantage over us when we made the passage from residency to practice....it was literally an unknown void, at least for me. I had no idea of the structure, daily ongoings, and reimbursement issues in private practice.
Because of this forum, those of you who read it will benefit clinically, and probably financially, if you read our victories, our mistakes, and pitfalls we realized only through experience.
That being said, I see the same issues being posted by new posters:
How much money is there to be made? How do you get paid? What is a fair partnership? By the way, what does PARTNERSHIP mean? What does it take to be a successful anesthesiologist? How do you efficiently wake someone up? What are the advantages/pitfalls of succinylcholine? How much "new" pharmacology is just hype? What do you think of regional verses general? How do you deal with a difficult surgeon? What does it take to have a successful operating room? Whats your opinion on the MD Only verses MD/CRNA model? Should I do a fellowship? Is there monetary advantages to fellowships? What is your INR cutoff for putting in an epidural? How do you, in real life, handle a difficult airway? ETC ETC ETC
As time goes on, I see posts from Mil, UT, Noyac, me, and other "real world" practioners diminishing....it is not out of losing interest...its just that we've already created lengthy posts addressing most topics that are asked again, and again.
There are entrepreneurial clinicians out there who are literally making money off of DVDs/articles/self-study cassettes that cover the same exact discussions that we have had on this forum, offered to you for free. All you have to do is make the effort to read our posts.
I will go as far as saying that in non-academic settings, our opinions are just as "right" (even there usually is no "right way" in this business, no matter what anyone tells you) as anyone's on the planet
And this is not intended to be pretentious....but we are in the trenches every day, turning out successful case after case after case...literally a wealth of experience, provided to you, the reader, for free. I do total knees completely different than Mil does. Guess what? Both of them are "right". Please keep that in mind the next time you quote a "high power" academic dude with proclamations on the "right" way to do a case.
Getting back to my point about diminishing posts...if I were you, on a lonely, boring night, just like undergrad days when you spent hours studying for a Gen Chem 2 test, I'd pick a prolific author here, go to "Find More of Dr Anesthesia's Posts ", and sift through them. Then pull up the thread that has answers to your questions.
There are relatively few "real life" practioners who frequently post on this board...say less than 10...but within their post-histories contains just about everything you need to know before you start your private practice life. And it will benefit you to read them.
Because of this forum, those of you who read it will benefit clinically, and probably financially, if you read our victories, our mistakes, and pitfalls we realized only through experience.
That being said, I see the same issues being posted by new posters:
How much money is there to be made? How do you get paid? What is a fair partnership? By the way, what does PARTNERSHIP mean? What does it take to be a successful anesthesiologist? How do you efficiently wake someone up? What are the advantages/pitfalls of succinylcholine? How much "new" pharmacology is just hype? What do you think of regional verses general? How do you deal with a difficult surgeon? What does it take to have a successful operating room? Whats your opinion on the MD Only verses MD/CRNA model? Should I do a fellowship? Is there monetary advantages to fellowships? What is your INR cutoff for putting in an epidural? How do you, in real life, handle a difficult airway? ETC ETC ETC
As time goes on, I see posts from Mil, UT, Noyac, me, and other "real world" practioners diminishing....it is not out of losing interest...its just that we've already created lengthy posts addressing most topics that are asked again, and again.
There are entrepreneurial clinicians out there who are literally making money off of DVDs/articles/self-study cassettes that cover the same exact discussions that we have had on this forum, offered to you for free. All you have to do is make the effort to read our posts.
I will go as far as saying that in non-academic settings, our opinions are just as "right" (even there usually is no "right way" in this business, no matter what anyone tells you) as anyone's on the planet
And this is not intended to be pretentious....but we are in the trenches every day, turning out successful case after case after case...literally a wealth of experience, provided to you, the reader, for free. I do total knees completely different than Mil does. Guess what? Both of them are "right". Please keep that in mind the next time you quote a "high power" academic dude with proclamations on the "right" way to do a case.
Getting back to my point about diminishing posts...if I were you, on a lonely, boring night, just like undergrad days when you spent hours studying for a Gen Chem 2 test, I'd pick a prolific author here, go to "Find More of Dr Anesthesia's Posts ", and sift through them. Then pull up the thread that has answers to your questions.
There are relatively few "real life" practioners who frequently post on this board...say less than 10...but within their post-histories contains just about everything you need to know before you start your private practice life. And it will benefit you to read them.
