re: OT Medical Students

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I just know a lot more about this than you.

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About working in an ER? Sure. No argument.

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I prefer all my MDs to be BC/BE in their speciality.

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And that's a fine preference. But it doesn't preclude non-ER physicians from working in ERs, which was my point to the guy who is considering ER but not necessarily thrilled about how competitive the field is. The demand is so high that they're still finding/paying/hiring non-BE/BC ER guys to work in ERs all over the place. And many non-ER boarded guys are comfortable with the low-acuity aspects of ER- I know more than a few who do this. You're letting your personal opinion and experience on docs not boarded in the field they work, even if the field they are boarded in does include the field of Emergency (and in no way am I trying to say that the training is comparable or that they're perfect trade-offs in any respect, since I wasn't clear enough in saying that the first time, nor does my point hinge on them being totally comparable), drive an opinion that's neither wrong nor particularly relevant. Like it or not, seeing IM/FM guys in an ER outside of bigger hospitals probably isn't going anywhere for a while if ever. I'm not saying it's a good thing. But to someone whose goal is to work in the ER, it's a disservice to not point out that route exists, or that many people comfortably perform those duties.


And, again- just as I ended my last post- if you want to be a full time ER doc and know it, try your damndest to get into an ER residency. Don't make it? Try FM or IM and spend your electives down in the ED. You're marketable and hireable to probably more ER groups than not.