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Frank
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Do have any advice that can help me get better at my responsibility to be a good Anesthesiologist?
How can i get better at my responsibility skills.
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Martin Schoen
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Being an anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist revolves around two key elements that are vital to your success. The first is teamwork, as your role in administering anesthesia makes you a crucial part of the surgical team. The second is your understanding of chemistry, math, and physiology, which forms the foundation of your work.
Moreover, meticulousness is a trait you must embody, as it's something that can refine your skills. While it may seem like the person giving the anesthesia is simply sitting idle, they are actually providing an invaluable level of care to keep the patient alive.
The surgeon may be the one performing the actual operation, but without the patient's muscles being sufficiently relaxed - a task achieved through anesthesia - their job would be impossible. The anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist also takes on the responsibility of monitoring the patient's blood pressure and heart, among other functions.
So, while you may be stationed at the head of the table, your role in administering the anesthesia is far from minor. You are, in fact, an indispensable part of the team, playing a vital role in the success of the surgery.
Moreover, meticulousness is a trait you must embody, as it's something that can refine your skills. While it may seem like the person giving the anesthesia is simply sitting idle, they are actually providing an invaluable level of care to keep the patient alive.
The surgeon may be the one performing the actual operation, but without the patient's muscles being sufficiently relaxed - a task achieved through anesthesia - their job would be impossible. The anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist also takes on the responsibility of monitoring the patient's blood pressure and heart, among other functions.
So, while you may be stationed at the head of the table, your role in administering the anesthesia is far from minor. You are, in fact, an indispensable part of the team, playing a vital role in the success of the surgery.
LEANNE GROBAN
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LEANNE’s Answer
Interesting question. Depending on where you are in your career trajectory, here are some things to keep in mind.
1. Involvement in a team sport in high school may be applied to teamwork. In the operating room, you need to work with many disciplines including nurses, OR techs, surgeons, trainees.
2. Focusing on expertise in a musical instrument shows focus and drive. Attributes essential for excelling in medicine.
3. Charity work or volunteering time -- tutoring younger students, helping serve in a communal kitchen show empathy.
4. Multi-tasking without cutting corners is key to anesthesia. If you can carry a heavy school load, work a part time job, stay involved in optimizing your physical fitness could translate into multi tasking. If you have a part time job that involves multitasking, then you are already developing a needed skillset to excel and provide safe perioperative care.
5. Course work might include physiology, pharmacology and anatomy before getting to med school ..although you will learn this once you start.
When you compose a personal statement toward your last yrs of medical school, the attributes mentioned above, provide residency programs the info they might use to sift out prospective trainees in anesthesiology. Certainly, remaining well rounded is also important.
Best of luck
1. Involvement in a team sport in high school may be applied to teamwork. In the operating room, you need to work with many disciplines including nurses, OR techs, surgeons, trainees.
2. Focusing on expertise in a musical instrument shows focus and drive. Attributes essential for excelling in medicine.
3. Charity work or volunteering time -- tutoring younger students, helping serve in a communal kitchen show empathy.
4. Multi-tasking without cutting corners is key to anesthesia. If you can carry a heavy school load, work a part time job, stay involved in optimizing your physical fitness could translate into multi tasking. If you have a part time job that involves multitasking, then you are already developing a needed skillset to excel and provide safe perioperative care.
5. Course work might include physiology, pharmacology and anatomy before getting to med school ..although you will learn this once you start.
When you compose a personal statement toward your last yrs of medical school, the attributes mentioned above, provide residency programs the info they might use to sift out prospective trainees in anesthesiology. Certainly, remaining well rounded is also important.
Best of luck