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
