Re: Working while in school
Alright, listen...We get a little over 2 years to obtain an education in anesthesia and patient care, and MOST people have little to no background in health care...and everyone has pretty much ZERO anesthesia education. With that in mind, how can you expect to become the best anesthetist you can be without devoting your complete attention to the program? Anesthesiologists train for at least 8 years, and CRNAs already have an ICU background before starting their anesthesia training. I'll be straight up with you, I don't want shitty providers graduating from AA school. As an AA-S and AA-C you will be constantly scrutinized and compared to other providers. As a specialty that is growing and trying to expand practice rights to other states, you are only doing a disservice to your patients and to your fellow colleagues if you do anything less than your absolute best to become a competent, nay, exceptional provider. If you ABSOLUTELY had no other way to survive than but to work part time could you maybe pull it off and still graduate? Yeah, maybe. But I know people that couldn't and failed out while working. And even if you can, my point still remains that you will not be the kind of AA you could be with more effort. I don't care how smart you are and how well you do in your classes during AA school. There is ALWAYS more you can learn. If you wanna call my point of view pompous, that's your opinion, but I'll let others make up their minds about what kind of providers they want to make themselves into. And it is about what YOU teach yourself to be. Simply passing an AA program does NOT make you into a good provider.
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