Anesthesiologists
Anesthesiologists are doctors who give patients drugs to relieve pain or put them to sleep during surgery.
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Education

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Graduate from medical school
  • Complete an internship
  • Complete a four-year residency program in anesthesiology
  • Pass additional exams to become board certified
  • Hours

  • May work any shift, weekends, and holidays.
  • May be on-call any hour of the day or night.
  • Will work a 40 hour week.
  • ANESTHESIOLOGISTS will:
  • Always work indoors in hospitals, surgical clinics, and medical settings and wear hospital uniforms.
  • ANESTHESIOLOGISTS frequently:
  • Must be very certain that all details and tasks of the job are completed accurately. Errors can have painful or even fatal consequences for patients.
  • It is important that ANESTHESIOLOGISTS be able to:
  • work well under pressure
  • Must be very certain that all details and tasks of the job are completed accurately. Errors can have painful or even fatal consequences for patients.
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