MECCSIG Careers In Critical Care Webinar 2025 by MECCSIG

What did your resume applying for the program look like?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:26:15 UTC

What do you wish you had known about working in Emergency Medicine before choosing this path?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:26:26 UTC

How long is the training? I also heard anesthetics in fact do not want to hire doctors too late into their training so is that myth or fact?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:26:41 UTC

What steps can I take as a junior doctor to improve my chances of getting onto the anos program. I would love to gain some experience in anos but I don’t think i’ll get the opportunity in PGY1 or 2 at my site.

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:26:51 UTC

What does the job look like in terms of lifestyle?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:27:01 UTC

Tips and tricks on portfolio building, what should I be doing now at a Medical School level?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:27:21 UTC

How can we overall improve ICU care?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:27:29 UTC

What is the job landscape in intensive care going to look like in the next 10 years? Is it still possible to get a job in ICU? I have heard of some trainees not being able to find work in ICU. Thank you!

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:27:37 UTC

Would be interested to hear about Jess' journey and work in the medical + legal space, particularly the overlap between the two fields

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:27:47 UTC

What can we do in PGY1-2 to give us the best shot at securing a CCSRMO position in PGY3?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:27:54 UTC

what are the key differences between trauma and EM? how closely do you work together?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:28:18 UTC

How would you describe the risk of the career? Is it likely to get sued or blamed when something happens?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:28:32 UTC

How difficult is it to get into anaesthetics in a regional place?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:29:22 UTC

What sets your specialty apart from the other critical care specialties?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:30:20 UTC

What/who inspired you to choose your career? Were you always initially keen on the specialty you are doing now? If not, what changed?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:30:40 UTC

Why did you choose to explore a career in critical care? What made it more enticing than other specialties for you?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:31:15 UTC

What is the overlap between trauma, EM, ICU etc in terms of the day to day work and the kinds of jobs/roles you have within the hospital?

critcare — 2025-09-01 00:31:36 UTC

What steps can I take in medical school and as a junior doctor to get onto the ICU training program? How competitive is it and is this likely to change in the next 5-10 years?

2025-09-02 08:11:05 UTC

As anaesthetics is becoming more competitive, do you envision people being 'stuck' as an unaccredited registrar and unable to get onto the training program for multiple years (ie, similar to SET training), in the future? What does the approximate timeline to get onto the program look like currently and how would this change (in terms of PGY)?

2025-09-02 08:11:30 UTC

How competitive is the ICU training program in different states (WA vs VIC vs QLD in particular)?

2025-09-02 08:11:46 UTC

What does a day in the life of each of the specialties look like?

2025-09-02 08:13:48 UTC

Do you envision 'scope-creep' (eg like CRNAs in the USA) becoming an issue in Australia in the future?

2025-09-02 08:15:00 UTC

2025-09-02 08:15:54 UTC

Has the competition to get into anaesthetics truly increased over the past few years? If so, what post-graduate year is it realistic for most applicants to get onto the program today?

I heard for some surgical specialties going rural as a junior doctor can help with getting onto the program. Would going rural as a junior doctor also benefit for getting onto the anaesthetics program?

2025-09-02 08:17:26 UTC

What scope is there for doctors in EM to be involved in other subspecialties/fields (e.g., trauma, retrieval, sports medicine)?

2025-09-02 08:17:57 UTC

Anaesthetic Qualities

2025-09-02 08:18:24 UTC

What qualities make an ideal candidate in a junior doc applying to get into the program.

On the other hand, what are some red flags or undesirable traits that would hinder your chances?

what personalities do you think are best suited for a career in emergency medicine? are there any kinds of people who should steer clear of this specialty?

2025-09-02 08:18:55 UTC

2025-09-02 08:19:30 UTC

To what extent is research necessary to get into anaesthesia? And must this research be anaesthesia-specific? What are good strategies to begin research for someone who has not had any experience as of yet? - thanks

How do you actually get into trauma? Is it usually through the surgical pathway or the crit-care pathway?

2025-09-02 08:20:37 UTC

2025-09-02 08:22:19 UTC

What kind of people are anaesthetists - are their common traits or personalities it attracts?

2025-09-02 08:23:20 UTC

What are some misconceptions that medical students have about crit care (in general or specific specialties within it)

Mentor

2025-09-02 08:26:02 UTC

How does one find a mentor to guide them in this space?

To Dr Mehul, why did you specifically decide to obtain an MPH?

2025-09-02 08:27:09 UTC

How much would you recommend courses such as Masters of Crit Care, MPH for anaesthetics?

2025-09-02 08:34:09 UTC

2025-09-02 08:38:31 UTC

What do most Emergency Medicine Physicians do in the later parts of their career? Do they stay in the ED?

Training program difficulty/lifestyle

2025-09-02 08:43:28 UTC

How strenuous is the training program itself? What are the work hours like and how often do you need to relocate during the program?

Would love to hear a bit more about some of the more creative directions that you've heard people take their careers in emergency medicine?

2025-09-02 08:49:05 UTC

is there a specific document we can refer to for the anaesthetics training program (how to get onto the program)?

2025-09-02 08:55:38 UTC

Time off During Training

2025-09-02 09:01:40 UTC

How supportive are the colleges around taking maternity/paternity leave?

As a student who also finds ICU ward rounds very long, how did you find your experiences from student to doctor changed in the ICU?

2025-09-02 09:16:01 UTC

How do you get involved in retrieval in ICU? Interested in hearing more about this!

2025-09-02 09:20:55 UTC

Dear Dr Lahiru, what is a normal path into anaesthetics training vs an unconventional path?

2025-09-02 09:52:25 UTC

For Luke - would you do anaesthetics again? Or a specialty like cardiology where you own your own patients?

2025-09-02 09:57:41 UTC