Specialty series: anesthesiology

Today’s inane image of the day:

Back in 2015, I had grand plans to write up entries discussing different specialties and my personal thoughts on why they were not quite a good fit for me but how I could see they could be a good fit for others. I only wrote up one entry on emergency medicine. But it’s never too late to keep adding to it, right?!

A lot of premeds and medical students have asked me about my journey and path to anesthesiology and I finally took the time to record a video outlining my journey AND threw in some fun throwback photos from over a decade ago, when I was in college! I hope you’ll take the time to watch the video above, if you haven’t already.

If you’re interested in reading more about what I like and do not like about the field of anesthesiology, keep reading!

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Specialty series: emergency medicine

Today’s inane image of the day:

Specialty Series: Emergency Medicine
Getting ready for another overnight shift in the emergency room.

One of the advantages of being in a transitional year program is the opportunity to rotate through a variety of specialties and experience them as a resident. Sometimes I wonder if all of us question our specialty choice from time to time – how can we be sure we made the right decision? [I still don’t actually think we can be – but we can make the best of it or make the switch if it becomes unbearable.] Anyway, I am currently in the midst of my emergency medicine rotation and decided to start a medical specialty series with some of my thoughts on what I liked and didn’t like. Warning: this is an exceptionally long entry!

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