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Doing CCM fulfills cardiovascular disease fellowship requirement but not TEE training requirement - impossible to get all cases in a CCM fellowship for TEE certification. Would be surprised if Duke could really pull that off in 12 months.

stopped suturing a long time ago and use u/s when no pulse for whatever reason (edematous, LVAD etc)

As a CA-3 and having done hundreds of MAC cases using propofol, precedex, ketamine, you name it, I'm still learning the art of sedation and the great variabilities you will encounter b/w patients, doses, boluses, infusion rates, apneic threshold, etc. Where I agree with my anesthesia...

Blade- Australia has a parallel private system. It is not the same as Canada.

I chose critical care because I want to have a skill set outside of general OR anesthesia. On the interview trail I was surprised by the number of faculty and fellows who have or will have both CCM and CV fellowships. CV fellowships may not be boarded but are becoming much more popular, esp...

I'm going to Columbia 2010- cover a big CTICU and SICU full-time with call 1 in 7 and night float every seven weeks. Very different experience than other programs that have home call. Its a big class of seven fellows. Closed units solely anesthesia run. I was very impressed and I interviewed...

Wow, I haven't been on SDN in years since I was a know-it-all (but didn't know anything) med student As CA-3 approaches in a weeks time and fellowships on the horizon, it'd be good to share some stories and get an idea what people are doing and where. I'll be Critical Care 2010 at Columbia...

just finished step 3 - that sucked. how bad is it if you missed some key diagnostic tests but still ended up diagnosing and correctly treating the condition?

for foreign grads, you have to have your ecfmg certificate in your possession as you'll be required to enter your issue date on the app and fsmb will check with ecfmg about your status. i don't know why everyone doesn't just use connecticut as the sponsoring state- no requirements aside from...

i love bull**** self-righteous rants from right-wingers who love to tell anyone how they made it- all through their own hard work. Nevermind that in any society there will be a segment that will be chronically unemployable- either through inability, disability, or other circumstances. Just...

Is that what the word is in the grapevine, Dec 13 didn't go too well for USF?

step 1 228 step 2CK 219 dropped 9 points, but did about the same work.

anyone been to tufts-nemc?

I guess we'll know a lot more in two weeks after ACGME visits. USF has been on continuous probation for about three years. Is full accreditation coming or not? I'd love to be able to read the RRC reports.

University of South Florida and Tufts, still fuming over the unvitation from Buffalo