Critical Care Medicine Physician/Intensivist: Want to be one?

In this video, I explain the definition of Critical Care Medicine (no, it's not the ER, but I love those guys), the teamwork that goes on, how to pursue the specialty with regard to getting into fellowship programs, and the answers to some questions I have been asked by viewers. I am also known as an Intensivist

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[zhangcd]

Joe I want to say thank to you. I just took a critical care fellowship position yesterday. Your video helped me so much. It opened my eyes. You are the first person telling if I don’t enjoy outpatient it is ok to pick critical care only programs. My interview experience is amazing. The critical care training you can get from CCM fellowship is unique and different from PCCM.

[michaelbrown]

I subscribed because of your humility. I am doing my last rotation as a Nurisng Student, ultimately I am going to be an Orthopedic Surgeon. I'll be in the Surgical ICU for this rotation. Came across your vid while researching what to expect in the icu, the personnels, machinery and processes. Your vids are informative. Respects

[BK-ivjw]

I know you posted this a long time ago, but I'm doing a project to help decide what specialty I'd be interested to pursue. I am doing critical care currently! This gave all the information I needed for all categories. You are so inspiring and kind. Keep doing what you're doing.

[mbo]

Great Video! the system is similar in my country, 3 years of Internal Medicine/EM/Surgery or Anesthesia and then 2 years of Critical Care, thank you for answering all the questions hope you keep uploading more videos!

[YeshuaAgapao]

ICU in AZ at Banner is scarce of doctors and overflowing with nurses. My sister died from septic shock from hospital germs. She was well past her life expectancy from her kidney failure (severe pre-eclampsia in two pregnancies) and liver cirrhosis (self-inflected alcohol sex/hepatitis opiates ectasy). Olive leaf extract very good at multiple-resistant staph-type hospital germs. She refused to take it (she only 'takes' the bottle)

[hockeydude]

Great video, keep em coming. I'm kinda relieved we have someone that can tell us in depth about CC. Keep up great work😊

[umsterpumster]

You’re an amazing doctor:) proud of you!!

[dannyelbaz]

Would be awesome if you could make videos about how it feels to work in ICU full time, as far as the high mortality rate, the ICU is sometimes viewed as a place that prolongs suffering due to the fact the seriously ill patients usually don't hop out of bed ok after treatment.. how does it feel to be an ICU doc, how much success is there as far as helping patients, some storys would be awesome to try and understand the general feeling of the floor when being there full time :)

[LIZ]

I'm overjoyed I found this video! I've always wanted to be on the front line (Primary Care, General IM or Peds). But when we started clinicals, I've found that clinics drain me emotionally (that wanting to help everybody and feeling helpless against a multitude of problems in healthcare). I did a month of ICU/CCU and I think I can see myself doing it for life. It had been a very busy time though, so I wasn't able to really sit down with my seniors to talk about the pathways. I hope to make it in Match 2020. So thank you for clearing things up! Subbed for inspiration!

[SalmanAli-xdkv]

Hi Joe, can u plz make a video regarding CCM and PCCM training opportunities outside USA and Canada especially for third world country doctors who want to persue critical care but they don't have opportunities at their home country .

[ethanmillan]

Thank you for the break down I'm really looking at this for a career choice if there is any tips I would love to pick your brain at some point

[alyssamedlife]

Happy to know New Jersey has a lot of pure intensivist fellowships :)
I agree with you doc, pulmonary and pure is just a lot to handle.
Btw, what state do you currently practice medicine?

[Excalibur]

Such a helpful video, , thank you. There’s a good bit of talk at my institution of the national shortage of critical care-trained physicians, especially in smaller hospitals and more rural settings. Since a good fraction of hospitalists in these (and other) settings are family medicine boarded docs and cover unit patients, the Society of Hospital Medicine has apparently petitioned the American Board of Family Medicine to sanction a critical care training pathway for family physicians that would give them access to the field along with the specialties you mentioned. Am wondering what your thoughts are about that. Thanks again.

[aliciascott]

Awesome video! As a freshmen in undergrad, you're becoming a huge inspiration and role model for me. Critical care is amazing! Do you think more fellowships will developed within the next 10 years?

[crofregernish]

Can you do a video about getting into medical school for atypical students? Everyone I see was pre-med, good grades, great schools, etc. Whereas I'm a microbiology major, GPA is like a 3.3, I left in my sophomore year to go to rehab.

PS: Intesive care has actually always been my interest. When there was that Ebola outbreak a few years ago, I was very jealous of the doctors working in Africa.

[utsavshrestha]

Hello. Very informative channel, thanks. I am a third year internal medicine resident interested in pulmonary and critical care medicine. I like critical care, but my concern in doing just CCM is that the sub specialty does have a high rate of burn out. Also, personally I don't really believe that I could keep up the 12 hour 7 on / 7 off schedule for the entirety of my career as a physician. Thus eventually I would likely shift to outpatient pulmonary service or inpatient consults. Do you agree with my concerns? What are the things you do to prevent burn out in this subspecialty?

[lp]

Thanks for the video man. Take care =) ..<3

[alimir]

Great video, very informative. Is there a list of all the programs which offer critical care fellowships? I was unable to find a page with all of them listed. Thanks!

[philtheo]

Great video! Thanks for doing it. Just a question - how do you deal with burnout as I’ve heard critical care medicine has the highest rates of burnout of any specialty?