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How to Be a “Star” Student, Career Options, and the Match

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The practice of anesthesiology combines critical care, technical skills, real-time physiology and pharmacology, and a wide variety of clinical practice settings to fit in with your interests and priorities outside of work. Becoming an anesthesiologist begins as early as medical school with strong clinical performance and good boards preparation. The rewards of a career in anesthesiology are numerous; it is a platform from which you can practice in many different settings and clinical subspecialties. This chapter offers advice on how to stand out during your anesthesiology rotations, suggested reading topics, a template for basic preoperative evaluation, tips for navigating the Match, and an overview of the many possible career trajectories you can choose within anesthesiology.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld and Dr. Roy Soto for their contribution to the development of this chapter.

Recommended Anesthesiology Educational Resources

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    Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews And Commentary (ACCRAC) podcast, which is available on almost any podcast platform or at http://accrac.com/

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Support and Resources for Those Experiencing Depression, Substance Abuse, or Thoughts of Suicide

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    National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Call 988 or visit https://988lifeline.org/about/

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    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration. Call 1-800-662-4357 or visit https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

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    American College of Physicians: Resource on Physician Suicide and Depression. https://www.acponline.org/practice-resources/physician-well-being-and-professional-fulfillment/physician-suicide-and-depression-resources

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Reade E. Tillman

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Stacy L. Fairbanks

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

  2. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Richard D. Urman

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

    B. Scott Segal

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Tillman, R.E., Fairbanks, S.L. (2022). How to Be a “Star” Student, Career Options, and the Match. In: Ehrenfeld, J.M., Urman, R.D., Segal, B.S. (eds) Anesthesia Student Survival Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98675-9_1

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