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. 2024 Apr 23;9(1):e001299.
doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001299. eCollection 2024.

Surgical critical care: Is work-life expectancy increasing? An analysis of American Board of Surgery recertification rates across subspecialties

Erika Paola Brigmon  1 , Angelo Ciaraglia  2 , Elizabeth P Scherer  1 , Deborah L Schwartz  3 , Susannah Nicholson  1 , Daniel L Dent  1
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Surgical critical care: Is work-life expectancy increasing? An analysis of American Board of Surgery recertification rates across subspecialties

Erika Paola Brigmon et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. .

Abstract

The practice of surgical critical care (SCC) has traditionally necessitated additional in-house, extended night and weekend clinical commitments, which can be viewed as less desirable for many surgeons. Therefore, the authors have observed that some SCC surgeons elect to transition their practice to focus solely on general surgery (GS) rather than continuing practicing both SCC and GS. We hypothesized that surgeons with a practice focused on SCC are more likely to make the transition to a GS practice than those who have certification in other subspecialties that are certified through the American Board of Surgery.

Keywords: Health Care Economics And Organizations; critical care.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Compared recertification rates between SCC, VS and PS within the subspecialty (p<0.001). PS, pediatric surgery; SCC, surgical critical care; VS, vascular surgery.
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