What would you tell someone interested in Anesthesia?

[D0CTORX]

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What should I read up on? What should I do? More shadowing of Anesthesiologists? The few I met and was able to hang around only gave encouraging advice to pursue medicine/anesthesia.

So I figured best place to ask, is where all you guys are, so help out?

 

[scudrunner]

What should I read up on? What should I do? More shadowing of Anesthesiologists? The few I met and was able to hang around only gave encouraging advice to pursue medicine/anesthesia.

So I figured best place to ask, is where all you guys are, so help out?

Hahahahahaha

 

[scudrunner]

Sounds like you want to be turned away from anesthesiology. You've come to the right place. SDN- Where the glass is always half-empty and the grass is brown.

 

[Dwindlin]

Sounds like you want to be turned away from anesthesiology. You've come to the right place. SDN- Where the glass is always half-empty and the grass is brown.

This is too optimistic. SDN is more like the glass has shattered and you're bleeding death while standing on a patch of burning grass.

 

[Ignatius J]

What I would tell them that is somewhat different than you normally hear:

Listen, your residency training will provide training and and it's up to you to make the most of it. Don't worry about the clinical training now, and focus like a hawk when you get there.

As for now, practice on a personal level relating to people. Learn to act confidently and communicate effectively. Work on your disposition and how you deal with stress and issues you may have with people. Like a lot of things, there is a lot of things that go into making a good anesthesiologist other than being good at the science and practice of anesthesia. Work on the intangibles for now.

My two cents.