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Which surgery specialty rotation has relatively better hours?
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Ophthalmology.
Bariatric surgery
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This is going to be so dependent on your school and the residents. I'd ask people at your school.
Vascular surgery. Quick cases. Minimal complications. Healthy and robust patient base. Cool tech. Sophisticated watch making kind of surgery in the morning, power tools in the afternoon. Very much a lifestyle specialty.
Lmao.
Vascular surgery = healthy and robust patient base ???
Are you sure you're a resident
Can confirm. Am resident.
Almost forgot to mention. Vascular patients are also super compliant. You tell them to stop smoking. Boom. It’s done. Cigarettes down the toilet. You ask them to lose some weight and control their sugars. Boom. It’s done. Twinkie’s down the toilet.
Dude, I'm rolling over here.
Urology is a pretty cush deal. Lots of office hours. Not a ton of on call emergencies that can't be handled the next morning. Pay is great.
And vascular patient pop is basically one of the worst. Good laugh above.
Thanks everyone! Is vascular surgery generally pretty bad in terms of hours and stressful to rotate through? My options for surgery rotations part I are: bariatric, colorectal, pediatric, surgical oncology, and trauma. Would bariatric and pediatric be better to rotate through?
For part 2 of surgery rotations, my options are: anesthesia, interventional radiology, plastics, endocrine, ENT, SICU (there aren't any operations in SICU right, just learning how to care for patients in SICU?), and urology.
I don't want anything intense and have no interest in going into a surgical field. I know so little about all these specialty surgeries so if those who are more knowledgeable can offer some advice on what to choose that'd be really helpful. Thank you!
For part 2 of surgery rotations, my options are: anesthesia, interventional radiology, plastics, endocrine, ENT, SICU (there aren't any operations in SICU right, just learning how to care for patients in SICU?), and urology.
I don't want anything intense and have no interest in going into a surgical field. I know so little about all these specialty surgeries so if those who are more knowledgeable can offer some advice on what to choose that'd be really helpful. Thank you!
All of these are going to be institutional dependent. Your best bet is to talk to people who have already rotated through surgery and see what they think will be the lightest.
Bariatrics or colorectal would probably be the lightest in the first group. From a learning perspective colorectal would probably be better and prepare you more for the shelf. Out of the second group I would probably pick either SICU or anesthesia?
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Anything without trauma
they all suck
You're going to kill some poor kid who didn't read all the way down the thread...
Depends on your shop. If you're doing a bunch of open reconstructions you can be pretty busy/the hours can be pretty long. Though not operating every day definitely does help you keep your hours down.
I'd assume anything ICU-related is going to be pretty difficult, no?
Colorectal is the best (says the Colorectal attending).
Endocrine surgery, breast surgery, surgical oncology that handles melanoma. These cases are usually non-emergent and essentially never done at night. The cases are also super short so you don't spend forever in the OR.
Just be aware that most surgical oncologists do big wacks too.
