Critical care in the US

[leviathan]

I'm considering two US training options:

 

1. Internal med (3 years) + Critical care (2 years) in the US -> 5 years

2. Anesthesiology (4 years) + Critical care (1 year i believe) -> 5 years

 

Does anyone know if I will be eligible for RCPSC licensure in GIM AND in ICU if I do 5 years total? What about if it's for anesthesiology, where I believe most residents do 5+1? Also if I do IM or anesth. in the US, am I eligible to apply for Canadian ICU fellowships? Are they competitive?

 

Thanks!

[A-Stark]

I'm considering two US training options:

 

1. Internal med (3 years) + Critical care (2 years) in the US -> 5 years

2. Anesthesiology (4 years) + Critical care (1 year i believe) -> 5 years

 

Does anyone know if I will be eligible for RCPSC licensure in GIM AND in ICU if I do 5 years total? What about if it's for anesthesiology, where I believe most residents do 5+1? Also if I do IM or anesth. in the US, am I eligible to apply for Canadian ICU fellowships? Are they competitive?

 

Thanks!

 

I believe the path via Internal Medicine would allow for sitting the GIM RCPSC exam in the R4 year. However, Critical Care requires 2 years of training in Canada post-base specialty, which sometimes can be combined with an Anesthesia residency, but this would begin in the R5 year and extend for another year afterwards. This isn't actually available everywhere and may be on the way out - and from what program director told me, many residents have second thoughts about it. It's more than a bit stressful taking ICU fellow call while studying for your Royal College anesthesia exam.

 

Can't speak to the competitiveness, but I would imagine US residency grads are eligible. Also not sure about sitting the Royal College exam for a US anesthesia residency.