Today’s inane image of the day:
The anesthesia market is HOT right now so many anesthesia residents are going straight into practice without fellowship. Even though I initially dual applied for cardiac and ICU fellowships [more on this in the video], I recognized that I was making a $1 million dollar decision to pursue an extra year of training that didn’t align with my long-term career goals… so I dropped the cardiac fellowship part.
Everyone’s decision is unique to their current situation and career goals. Sometimes your situation changes. Sometimes your career goals change. That’s all ok. I decided that ICU fellowship was the right path for me and 5 years into practice, I am still happy with this decision.
In this video I go over:
– Why it might *not* make sense to do fellowship
– Scenarios where fellowship *should* be pursued
– Returning to fellowship after being an attending
– The potential “insurance” policy of doing a fellowship