Thanks for coming by to see us. As you prepare for your anesthesia audition rotation, we have some resources you will find helpful. With so much information available, we wanted to give you a concise list of resources to help you in your endeavors.
Take some time to look through the information on this page to learn about Anesthesiology, see if Anesthesiology is a good fit for you, and how you can improve your chances in the match. With so much information available, I wanted to give you a concise list of resources to help you in your endeavors.
Choosing Anesthesiology as a Specialty: Let’s see if it is a good fit for you.
You should first see if you think that Anesthesiology is a good fit for you. Sure Anesthesiology is a great specialty (I wouldn’t want to do anything else in medicine), but there are other great specialties out there. I want for you is to find a speciality that is a good fit for your personality.
I would first start with some inventory testing, followed by some research, followed up with some time testing it out yourself. In this article on my site, I dig into how to go about this and the steps, articles, and resources you need to make it happen. Check out my article: 5 Ways to See if Anesthesiology is a Good Fit for You.
Once you know you want to go further explore Anesthesiology, here are some resources for you to check out.
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) – The ASA is the largest anesthesiology organization worldwide and boasts the annual largest anesthesiology convention. The ASA has some basic information on anesthesia as a career on their website and also has information geared specifically to medical school students.
Let’s say that you know you that Anesthesiology is a good fit for you, and you want to know if you should even try to apply for residency. I am frequently asked: “What are my chances of getting in?” This can be a tricky question because there are multiple factors that are taken into account when Anesthesiology Residency Programs are try to rank potential future residents. In my article: What Are Your Chances of Getting Into Anesthesiology?, I explore the 4 main areas to concentrate on when applying to Anesthesiology.
I think it is a good primer on how you can improve your chances of getting an interview with a residency program. While the advice can be used for just about any specialty, I wrote it for specifically for your anesthesiology audition rotation. I hope you enjoy the article.
Take some time, and look around the anesthesiology forums while you are there and you can also check out ScutWork.com, which is now part of The Student Doctor Network®
This is my resource which gives the inside scoop on applying to applying to Anesthesiology. I wrote this book based on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that I received as a CiM mentor. You can buy it as an Kindle book here, or you can download it for free here. Seriously. Its free.
This is a classic for medical school students like you. It gives you information on all the different medical specialties and tips for applying to the different specialties. This book (an earlier edition obviously) was one of my favorite books in medical school. If you are still tying to figure out what specialty to choose, or if you are applying for residency, Iserson’s will give you vital information to help you in your quest. It is available on Amazon.com only as a paperback.
The Successful Match 2017: Rules for Success in the Residency Match is a good resource Many reviewers on amazon.com found this resource helpful. The Successful Match is a full service book that talks about preparing your application such as the Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Letters of Recommendation and goes on to talk about Interview Questions and the actual Interview day. It comes as a paperback.
Try out Anesthesia Made Easy. The reason I wrote Anesthesia Made Easy was because the basic anesthesia books (listed below) are just too big and have too much information for the new anesthesia trainee. Being one part textbook and one part survival guide, it is a high yield book that will get you started on your career in anesthesiology. Anesthesia Made Easy is available as either a paperback or Kindle version from Amazon.com.
While not included in my Top 7 Books for Anesthesia Trainees, Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital is a great resource to have on hand in the operating room. It is an in-depth resource that I still use to this day to review concepts I have not thought about since residency. This is an easy to carry and read book when you want to look up a topic to read about when on your anesthesia rotation. The Mass General Book is a great book to carry with you during your anesthesia rotations because it is easily carried in your backpack or laid on the back of the anesthesia cart. It is available as a paperback and in a Kindle version.
The book called Morgan and Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology is my favorite basic anesthesia book. It is well written, and easy to pickup and read when you have some down time. I used M&M during my anesthesia training to learn the basics and to prepare for my In-Training Exam (ITE) and my boards. It makes it easy to look up information you need quickly and can be read for long periods of time. As one Amazon reviewer stated “ … the (new) authors clearly and concisely present the material in an easily digestible format.” This book is available in paperback and on Kindle.
Called “Baby Miller” or “Miller Light,” Basics of Anesthesia has been a staple for anesthesia trainees for generations. I read the 4th edition cover to cover my senior year of medical school. While is it named Basics of Anesthesia, it certainly has expanded over the years. It is laid out a little differently than “Clinical Anesthesia,” but it is a basic anesthesia book that will serve you well. It truly is a classic. Basics of Anesthesia is available as a hardback, paperback, and on Kindle.
I hope you have found this webpage to be helpful. Feel free to share this link with your friends from other medical schools. I built this for the SDN medical school students, but others might find this helpful as well. Don’t forget to share through your social media.
I found it helpful to have 3-4 questions in my back pocket to ask any and all faculty I interviewed with. It can be informative to ask the same few questions to each faculty member and observe the different perspectives and answers it elicits. When they inevitably ask you “do you have anymore questions” and you’ve already asked 2-3, its ok to say something along the lines of “I think you have answered all the questions I have at this time, would it be ok to reach out if I have additional questions throughout the process?”
Asking pointed questions is key to engaging in the interview process and can show your level of interest in a program. This is also your opportunity to get important information about a place and its people. Remember that you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you so use your time to ask questions that cannot be easily answered from perusing their website. Focus on gaining insight into the inner workings of the program itself and what type of resident they are looking for.
I hope you have found this webpage to be helpful. Feel free to share this link with your friends from other medical schools. I built this for the SDN medical school students, but others might find this helpful as well. Don’t forget to share through your social media.
You should first see if you think that Anesthesiology is a good fit for you. Sure Anesthesiology is a great specialty (I wouldn’t want to do anything else in medicine), but there are other great specialties out there. I want for you is to find a speciality that is a good fit for your personality.
I would first start with some inventory testing, followed by some research, followed up with some time testing it out yourself. In this article on my site, I dig into how to go about this and the steps, articles, and resources you need to make it happen. Check out my article: 5 Ways to See if Anesthesiology is a Good Fit for You.
Called “Baby Miller” or “Miller Light,” Basics of Anesthesia has been a staple for anesthesia trainees for generations. I read the 4th edition cover to cover my senior year of medical school. While is it named Basics of Anesthesia, it certainly has expanded over the years. It is laid out a little differently than “Clinical Anesthesia,” but it is a basic anesthesia book that will serve you well. It truly is a classic. Basics of Anesthesia is available as a hardback, paperback, and on Kindle.
This is my resource which gives the inside scoop on applying to applying to Anesthesiology. I wrote this book based on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that I received as a CiM mentor. You can buy it as an Kindle book here, or you can download it for free here. Seriously. Its free.
Do you have a family? If so, has becoming a doctor and being a doctor made making time for family difficult? Yes, I have a family and to some extent it has been difficult. My long work hours led my wife to quit her career so one of us could be around for the kids.
Now that you are an anesthesiologist, has it met your expectations? Yes. I don’t like the government and business aspects of it, but that is the case for any specialty. I think that business classes dealing with billing, hiring etc. should be taught in medical school.
Dr. Baker received his medical degree in 1985 from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile and completed an internship at Louisiana State University Medical Center from 1985 to 1986. He did his residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center from 1986 to 1989.
Where do you see anesthesiology in 10 years? Along with other specialties we will be closer to the health care system that exists in Canada or Britain.
If you took out educational loans, has paying them back been a financial strain? How did you manage the strain if there was any? I didn’t have any loans.