Discussion on Combined Emergency and Internal Medicine Residency and Critical Care Fellowship

Dr. Brad Langston is a practicing physician with triple board-certification in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Critical Care gives his advice to students interested in pursuing combined Emergency/Internal medicine residency and working as a critical care physician. 0:00 Introduction and path of emergency medicine, internal medicine, and critical care medicine 2:25 Is the extra 2 years of training for EM/IM program worth it? 3:29 Do people do EM only, IM only, or both, or something else after graduating combined EM/IM residency? 6:12 Multiple paths to being critical care physician 7:16 The reasons of choosing combined EM/IM program then critical care fellowship 8:33 Any changes he would make along his path? 9:17 Qualities to make a successful critical care physician 11:23 Satisfying aspect of being a critical care physician 12:26 The not so satisfying aspect of working as critical care physician 13:45 Myths about critical care physicians that aren't true 14:47 Work-Life balance as a critical care physician 16:25 Changes in critical care medicine including during covid19 20:53 Working with midlevels as a critical care physician 21:47 Future job market for critical care physicians 22:15 Additional resources to learn if EM/IM or critical care is right for you 23:17 Top tips to students