Becoming a anesthesiologist in the Air Force?
There is no way your can enlist, then get a med school degree while serving on active duty. You won't have the time. You will be able to take college courses while you are enlisted. Maybe even get enough for a BS degree, if your lucky. But to go further, you would have to apply for a special program to attend medical school, after you are excepted to medical school. The military does have such programs, they will pay for your med school, and then you will do your residency, all the while drawing a military salary. Of course, you will then owe the military another 8 years as a doctor.
A guy becoming an anesthesiologist?
As has been suggested you are probably confusing Anesthesiologist (physician MD or DO) with Anesthetist (CRNA RN MSN) There are more female nurses (nursing is 97% female) thus more female nurse anesthetist. However, the percentage of male nurse anesthetist is higher than the percentage of males in nursing. In the US Army where there are 36% male nurses (instead of 3%) 64% of the nurse anesthetist are male. Anesthesiologist are physicians and graduates of a allopathic (MD) or osteopathic medical school (DO). Education for a nurse anesthetist is as follows: Completion of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (4-5 years college) Pass the NCLEX-RN Board for licensure as a Registered Nurse 2 years experience in a critical care field of nursing (ICU, CCU, some schools will accept OR and ER) Completion of a Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia (usually 28 months) Pass the National Certification Board for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Education for an anesthesiologist is : Bachelors degree with all neccessary prerequisites (heavy in sciences usually pre-med though other degrees are acceptable) (4-5 years) Medical School (MD or DO) (4 years) 1 year rotating internship or 1 year of residency in accepted discipline of medicine. 3 year residency in Anesthesia May take additional training/fellowships for specialization. Current Salary Ranges in Los Angeles are as follows: Nurse Anesthetist: $135,000 -$386,000 Anesthesiologist: $168,000 - $691,000
How hard is it to become an Anesthesiologist?
The Doc is right. Choosing a specialty before you've gotten halfway through medical school is just plain silly. The decision you need to make is whether you want to be a physician or a nurse. They are COMPLETELY different professions, even when each is delivering anesthesia. There is a world of difference between an anesthesiologist and a CRNA. One doesn't "settle" for becoming a nurse anesthetist. It's a very competitive field to get into. Medical school is very challenging, and this is coming from someone who breezed through high school and college with almost all A's (and very little studying, and a very active social life). There isn't enough time to learn everything you need to know, and as physicians, we are always learning. The challenges persist into the career. Today I took care of a gunshot wound victim with a belly wound the surgeons were unable to close, put a spinal in an elderly man with a broken hip while I was practically standing on my head because he couldn't be moved much, and dealt with a difficult patient for a C-section who had become resistant to the epidural and spinal drugs and had to go under general anesthesia. Other days are less of a hassle, but each day brings something new. Forget about anesthesia, and decide what path you want to follow (physician or nurse). And yes it's hard. That's why not everyone can do it.
How long does it take to become an anesthesiologist?
The traditional route, without interruptions is 12–13 years. In the USA, one goes to University for 4 years. If successful in your first attempt @ Medical School admission, you will study another 4 years. Residency is divided into either a 4 year CATEGORICAL program or 1 year Internship + 3 years Anesthesia. After Residency, you may opt for a 1 year Fellowship in Regional, Pain, Critical Care, Cardothoracic, Paediatrics etc.
?What does it take to become a Anesthesiologist?
It is only a starting dream I am not in college or anything like that, i just think the job itself is cool and I want to know what my Gpa will need to be what topics i can start to read now and lastly how high my grades need to be. Any other Anesthesiologists out there with experience? - Highly Appreciated F.F
Is becoming an anesthesiologist worth the trouble?
Boy, what a question with all sorts of perspectives! If you’re not into being up all night, being unrecognized for your work, having confrontations with other physicians over patient care and rights, then I’d say anesthesiology is not for you. On the other hand, if you like pharmacology, physiology, and the satisfaction of actually saving lives in real time, then it’s a good choice. Coupled with the personal reward of comforting people who are terrified of surgery and anesthesia, safely bringing patients from the start to the finish of an operation, and understanding changing physiology on a moment to moment basis like no other specialty does, anesthesiology is hard to beat. Also, though I have mixed emotions about it, anesthesiology enabled me to discover and develop some fascinating technology about which I would otherwise have been totally clueless. Do not go into it with eyes half open, however. Anesthesiologists focus for the last sixty years on patient safety has made the practice of anesthesia so safe that lesser trained individuals, e.g., nurse anesthetists, can perform anesthesia as capably as MD anesthesiologists in almost all circumstances. Despite the vitriol on both sides of the argument regarding physician anesthesia versus nurse anesthesia, the statistics do not support superior results from MD exclusive anesthesia. This does not indicate a reduction in the quality of MD anesthesia, but quite the opposite — nurse anesthesia has improved substantially so that the patient safety considerations are similar in either situation. Many of my colleagues will object to what I’ve just written, but unfortunately for their point of view, the statistics (and my personal experience) are pretty hard to argue with. The one huge advantage of physician anesthesia is that one works on equal footing with the surgeon and when the inevitable confrontations do occur, resolving conflicts occurs between colleagues rather than superior and subordinate. I wish I could give wholehearted endorsement, but it is a mixed bag and deserves considerable thought and discussion with several people in the specialty for their multiple perspectives before entering the specialty.