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Is Emergency Medicine Right for Me?
Jason Liebzeit, MDAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Student SymposiumSAEM 2011
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Disclosures
I have no commercial financial relationships to disclose.
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Disclosures
I cannot tell you if Emergency Medicine is right for you.
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Objectives
1. Describe your career goals
2. Appraise your unique personal characteristics
3. Analyze how those characteristics interplay with the unique aspects of EM practice
4. Develop a plan to maximize long-term career satisfaction
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What do you want?
• Schedule flexibility• Earning potential• Social prestige• Time with family• Scholarship• Independence• Organizational power• Academic vs.
community practice
• Procedural expertise• Constant stimulation• Challenging clinical
environment• Problem solving• Wide spectrum of
illness & injury• Serve the public• Treat social ills
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What did I want? Schedule flexibility Earning potential Social prestige• Time with family• Scholarship• Independence• Organizational power Academic vs.
community practice
Procedural expertise Constant stimulation Challenging clinical
environment Problem solving Wide spectrum of
illness & injury Serve the public Treat social ills
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What do I want now?Schedule flexibility Earning potential• Social prestige Time with family Scholarship• Independence Organizational power Academic vs.
community practice
• Procedural expertise• Constant stimulation• Challenging clinical
environment Problem solving Wide spectrum of
illness & injury• Serve the public Treat social ills
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Why are you here?
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Emergency Medicine
Benefits Downsides
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SWOT Analysis
• Evaluates Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
– Specify the objective
– Identify internal and external factors favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective
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Objective:A Career in Emergency Medicine
Helpful to a long-term successful career in EM
Harmful to a long-term successful career in EM
Internal factors STRENGTHSI like …
I don’t like …
I’m good at …
WEAKNESSESI like …
I don’t like …
I’m not good at …
External factors OPPORTUNITIESThe practice of EM will …
THREATSThe practice of EM will …
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Objective: A Career in Emergency Medicine
Helpful to a long-term successful career in EM
Harmful to a long-term successful career in EM
Internal factors STRENGTHSI like …Critical care, quick encounters, the team in the ED
I don’t like …primary care, long-term follow-up, the same disease/organ/process over and over
I’m good at … establishing trust quickly, procedures, being thorough but speedy
WEAKNESSESI like … spending time with friends on weekends; sleeping at night; being an expert
I don’t like…conflict, constant interruption
I’m not good at …hiding what I’m thinking, deadlines, doing anything after a night shift
External factors OPPORTUNITIESThe practice of EM will …allow me time to teach, keep me well-compensated, keep me interested in my patients
THREATSThe practice of EM will …complicate teaching & attending meetings, interfere with having a “normal” life on weekends & holidays
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Will you last?
• 65.4% EPs reported high career satisfaction– 12.4% EPs reported low career satisfaction (n =
515)
• 1/3rd of respondents (33% in 1994, 32% in 1999, 31% in 2004) reported that burnout was significant
Cydulka & Korte; 2007 – Acad. EMED - Abstract
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Not impacting satisfaction
• General uncertainty
• Difficulty in disclosing uncertainty to patients
• Admitting errors to other physicians
Kuhn et al: Annals EM: Feb 09
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So what does impact satisfaction?
High anxiety caused by concern for bad outcomes (odds ratio=6.35) was the
strongest predictor of burnout
Kuhn et al: Annals EM: Feb 09
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I CAN get satisfaction!
• Teaching settings• Research & publication• Leadership positions• Belonging to medical
organizations/participating in medical politics
Cydulka & Korte; 2008 – Acad. EMED – June 2008
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So…
is Emergency Medicine right for you?
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Final Thoughts
• Think about what you want
• The perfect partner doesn’t exist, but you should wake up happy every morning
• Satisfaction doesn’t occur by chance