tooty Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 thinking about booking an ICU elective. does anyone have any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngdad Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Me too 10 char Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Ottawa has a pretty good one. Lots of teaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech10 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 All of the Toronto sites are very good, particularly: - St Mike's - Mt Sinai - Toronto Western. Sunnybrook can be good, if a bit busy at times. Toronto General can be a bit repetitive with all the lung transplants, but the cardiac and respiratory physiology you can learn there as a result is incredible (I especially appreciated this when I was an ICU fellow there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I can only speak for my Dal rotation at the QEII, but it was a great experience. There are two ICUs (well, three including the CVICU), one which handles most of the trauma and tends to be heavy on neuro patients, and another which tends to get the overdoses, transfers from peripheral hospitals, febrile neutropenia and other heme patients, and all of the elective general surgery, ENT, thoracic, and kidney/liver transplant patients. Essentially all the oncology goes to that ICU. For a four-week rotation there are daily seminars which are "case-based" and which require some preparation in terms of reading and going through the cases. Lots of teaching, though I think that the onus has gone a bit far toward the housestaff as opposed to didactic teaching from staff. There are also weekly simulation lab sessions for things like airway management skills and ACLS. As an alternative, it would also be possible to do an elective in the newer Med/Surg IMCU. There's a fair mix of sick patients, many of whom still require ventilatory support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JClimacus Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Juravinski ICU at Mac 19 beds. No trauma. Mostly sepsis, cancer complications, metabolic disorders, overdoses, etc. Laidback enough for ICU during most days, can get intense on some call nights. Good opportunities to get teaching from staff/fellow/residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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