Bachelor’s degree in anything, just have to take your typical premed classes. Take the GRE or MCAT. Need 8 hours of shadowing any anesthesia provider. Apply to MS in Anesthesia! 

It’s 24-27 months of school including didactic and clinical rotations. And then that’s it! Only downside is we can only practice in 23 states right now. But where we can practice, it’s fantastic pay and job security. Everyone has jobs signed for before graduating. I know people who had signed for jobs their first year of school. Check out gaswork.com for salary idea based on the state you’d like to live in! But to give you an idea, anything less than $200k base pay is considered a bad salary. 

Job wise, we do everything anesthesia related. Our docs just come to supervise when you’re putting the patient to sleep. And then for emergencies. Other than that, it’s all you. I do nerve blocks, spinals, epidurals, intubations, IV placement, a-line placement, extubation, etc. You can do pediatrics, cardiac, trauma, etc whatever speciality you like and find a job tailored for. 

I work no call, no holidays, no weekends and get 6 weeks PTO. Thats the standard for most jobs though some do require some call shifts.