Pulmonary/Critical Care

[Mossjoh]

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How competitive are pulmonary/critical care fellowships? I'm currently applying for residency and am interested in this field, I was just wondering the numbers.

Thanks

Mossjoh

 

[mig26x]

How competitive are pulmonary/critical care fellowships? I'm currently applying for residency and am interested in this field, I was just wondering the numbers.

Thanks

Mossjoh

from what i have heard, cardio and gastro are the top 2 IM fellows to get in to, the others arent that hard. In other words, is not in the difficult category.

 

[APACHE3]

Its not competitive. There wil be plenty of spots! If you like MICU, then go for it!

 

[medstud2006]

is there anyway to do shift work in the MICU and avoid pul clinic? i have heard that pul critical care docs in the community must do full time clinic and q4 call in the MICU.

 

[jlbusch]

there are intensivists, i.e. hospitalists who do a one year critical care fellowship and only work in the ICU, as you can imagine burn out tends to run high in this group

 

[Furrball2]

It all depends on the program you are trying to get into. Denver, UW, or UM may be more difficult than some other places.

 

[doctel]

there are intensivists, i.e. hospitalists who do a one year critical care fellowship and only work in the ICU, as you can imagine burn out tends to run high in this group

Critical care fellowship directly after IM residency is 2 years. Pulm/Criti. Care is 3. If you want to do Crit. Care after any other fellowship (renal, cards, GI, ID, Endo, even after Rheum. or AI) then it's 1 year. However, after talking to many intensivist I think doing traditional fellowship in Pulm./Crit. Care improves your marketability since most of the hospitals/practices would expect you to take pulm. consult duties as well as the ICU work.

 

[BMW19]

I am at a DO school, and I noticed that one of the AOA approved residencies was in critical care (UMDNJ related program). I thought CC had to be a fellowship post IM? Does this just mean that you would do 3 years IM at this program and segway right into CC? Thought it was kind odd to be labeled as a residency

BMW-

Critical care fellowship directly after IM residency is 2 years. Pulm/Criti. Care is 3. If you want to do Crit. Care after any other fellowship (renal, cards, GI, ID, Endo, even after Rheum. or AI) then it's 1 year. However, after talking to many intensivist I think doing traditional fellowship in Pulm./Crit. Care improves your marketability since most of the hospitals/practices would expect you to take pulm. consult duties as well as the ICU work.

 

[NRAI2001]

How difficult is it for DOs to match into pulm?

 

[Atlas]

I am at a DO school, and I noticed that one of the AOA approved residencies was in critical care (UMDNJ related program). I thought CC had to be a fellowship post IM? Does this just mean that you would do 3 years IM at this program and segway right into CC? Thought it was kind odd to be labeled as a residency

BMW-

I know they label it as a residency but it's still a fellowship (even DO programs). You got the idea.