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"I'm worried about a job, about the future of the profession, about loans, about bills, about love, about life, about boards, about everything." There are a ton of jobs out there, but you might have to move (think ADVENTURE!). Loans don't start repayment for a while (when it does, it sucks! But, meh...). Bills: the toughest period is right before your first paycheck (so budget that last Financial Aid check you get in Fall accordingly). Love and life: The Secret of Life is- Find something you love to do, and then share that life you've created with someone you love (BOOM!). Boards: Get a 1-2 year old Valley binder with someone's note scribblings in it, read through it on a schedule (I crammed it in about a week and a half). Do Prodigy Paces (though it's not the most well organized, and the tests make you feel STUPID!). Do a couple of Core Concepts tests (make you feel MUCH smarter). Rock the Boards. Everything else?: Its gonna be what its gonna be. Worry about the stuff you can actually control. With the rest: Don't sweat the petty, and don't pet the sweaty. ;-)

Food for thought: As far as I know: the Government still offers loan reimbursement/forgiveness if you work in an area with an "underserved" population starting at 2-3 years. If you're strictly concerned about the $$$ side of things: check out the current status of foregiveness/etc., and go work for a 1099 job where you'll be making >$215K/year, sock a bunch of it away in the retirement program that you'll set-up for youself (through a CPA or by yourself), etc., etc. My guess is, if you work out the math, you'll be MUCH more ahead doing this after 14 years vs the Navy/Airforce side of things.

To the original question: It depends on where you work, and down to individual doc and crna. I work in a "team model," where the docs do the pre- and post-op, blocks, and may show up at induction in OR/Endo(GI), CT, MRI, ASU, Cath Lab, and ElectroPhys. The exception being Heart Cases, they'll actually spend time at the head of the bed for a while, for a TEE, etc. And they cover the majority of OB. All that being said; my working relationship with the docs is great. I even hang out with a few, occasionally, outside of work.

Same as loveanesthes. As a New Grad it was half a week/a week of orientation in bread and butter rooms, then on your own. Heart team at my hospital was 3 CABGs with someone else after I was working for 3 months. Every hospital is different though, just as every New Grad is different.