[Career perspectives for intensive care and emergency medicine physicians].

BACKGROUND

Emergency departments and intensive care units are of great importance for patient care and require qualified and competent medical staff.

OBJECTIVE

To present the range of tasks and career paths in emergency and intensive care medicine that make further training and long-term employment in these areas attractive.

METHODS AND RESULTS

Emergency and intensive care medicine are characterized by a wide range of clinical tasks, but also by stresses resulting from, for example, shift work. As an alternative to full-time employment, part-time work can also be combined with other tasks, such as training, continuing education, teaching, research, or management.

CONCLUSION

Emergency and intensive care medicine offers a variety of exciting and promising fields of activity, but also specific stresses that must be taken into account in work models.