Jake Barlow MBBS MPHAnaesthetic and ICU Registrar

The Alfred Hospital

@cjdbarlowjakebarlow.me/print

Requirements for CICM• Be a doctor• Don’t be an intern• Pay money• Work 6 months in ICU

• (And get references)

• Easy to get on• Jobs can be hard to find

Requirements for ANZCA• Be a doctor• Don’t be an intern• Pay money

• ~35-40 positions state wide/year• Interview 2:1• Guaranteed job

My path – Not the only path• Internship

• Critical Care HMO2

• Critical Care HMO3• (Joined CICM)

• ICU Registrar• (Jointed ANZCA)

• Internship

• Medical year?• Surgical year?

• Critical Care/Medical• ICU/ICU/• Relieving/Anaesthetics

• Critical care

Extracurriculars• Do something you like

• Master of Public Health• Probably not worth it on its own

• Master of Perioperative Medicine• Ehhhhhhhh

• Research• If you like it

Extracurriculars• Teaching

• Courses• Some are good, some are bad• Alphabet courses

• ALS2• APLS• EMST• ATACC

• Airway courses• Ultrasound

Extracurriculars• Conferences

• SMACC• Other, lesser, conferences

• Posters – easy• Meet people• Inspiration

• Team/life stuff• Army reserve• Sport• Volunteering

The Bottom Line• Clinical stuff matters most• Work with the people who do the selecting

• Be:• Good• Keen• Likeable• Willing to work

• Have something else• Be interested in it