Medical Student Career Survey—Vascular Surgery Awareness Initiative

Goltz, Christopher J.; Bachusz, Rebecca C; Mancini, Eric J.; Rits, Yevgeniy; Mattos, Mark A.; Rubin, Jeffrey R.

doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2012.02.012

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“…Future evaluation of the two groups might include in-service examination scores, board passage rates, critical care experience, results of simulator testing, milestone achievements, and ultimately, outcome measures in practice. 10,11 …”

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“…6 The cause of this stagnation appears multifactorial, including a decline in general surgery trainees, high attrition rates secondary to lifestyle desires, overwhelming debt, excessive work hours, and overall poor satisfaction. [7][8][9][10] Responding to these issues, the vascular community sought to condense training into a more comprehensive and focused model. In 2006 the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved the establishment of the "0þ5" integrated vascular residency.…”

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The first assessment of operative logs for traditional vascular fellowship track versus integrated vascular training programs

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Abai

Salvatore

et al. 2015

Journal of Vascular Surgery

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This report summarizes the first data available for the 0+5 trainee operative experience. Compared with the traditional 5+2 trainees, the 0+5 trainees have (1) equivalent open vascular training and (2) overall superior endovascular training, although this was accounted via an increase in minor procedures. The overall operative experience remains greater for the 5+2 trainees secondary to 2 extra years of training. Further longitudinal studies will be needed to fully characterize the effect of the new 0+5 training paradigm.

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The first assessment of operative logs for traditional vascular fellowship track versus integrated vascular training programs

Batista

Abai

Salvatore

et al. 2015

Journal of Vascular Surgery

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“…Among these, 22 studies commented explicitly on the weight that students place on duration of training and work-life balance when making career decisions. 3,35,66,68,71,[80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87]89,91,[98][99][100][101][102]104,105 Lifestyle considerations included prolonged work hours, the perceived barrier to achieving work-life balance and the nature of patient interactions in surgery. These survey data showed that most medical students did not see their lives as compatible with surgery, and therefore considered the career-focused sur gical lifestyle their primary deterrent from surgical specialties.…”

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A systematic review of the factors affecting choice of surgery as a career

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Schlachta

Alkhamesi

2018

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A systematic review of the factors affecting choice of surgery as a careerBackground: Interest in surgical careers among medical students has declined over the past decade. Multiple explanations have been offered for why top students are deterred or rejected from surgical programs, though no consensus has emerged. Methods:We conducted a review of the literature to better characterize what factors affect the pursuit of a surgical career. We searched PubMed and EMBASE and performed additional reference checks. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Newcastle-Ottawa Education scores were used to evaluate the included data.Results: Our search identified 122 full-text, primary articles. Analysis of this evidence identified 3 core concepts that impact surgical career decision-making: gender, features of surgical education, and student "fit" in the culture of surgery. Conclusion:Real and perceived gender discrimination has deterred female medical students from entering surgical careers. In addition, limited exposure to surgery during medical school and differences between student and surgeon personality traits and values may deter students from entering surgical careers. We suggest that deliberate and visible effort to include women and early-career medical students in surgical settings may enhance their interest in carreers in surgery.Contexte : On constate que l'intérêt pour une carrière en chirurgie a décliné chez les étudiants en médecine depuis une dizaine d'années. Plusieurs raisons ont été invoquées pour expliquer le désintérêt des étudiants talentueux à l'égard des programmes de chirurgie ou leur rejet de ces programmes, sans qu'on en arrive à un consensus.

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“…Our survey confirmed that less than one-third (31.5%) of respondents were aware of VS in their first two years of MS and that only 21% were interested in VS as a career before their third year of MS. A larger survey (n ¼ 338) among students in their first three years of MS found that 0% of first-and second-year medical students and 9% of third-year medical students were familiar with fiveyear integrated VS programs. 10 This survey also indicated that the medical students in their first two years were more open to VS as a career than third-year students (only 37% interested in VS), which makes the first two years of MS all the more critical. Various approaches 8,31 have recognized the significance of first-and second-year medical students' exposure and awareness to early specialization.…”

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confidence: 92%