Work-Life-Balance

Braun, Benedikt J.; Fritz, Tobias; Lutz, Brigitta; Röth, A; Anetsberger, Stephanie; Kokemohr, P; Luketina, Rosalia

doi:10.1007/s00104-018-0698-y

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“…We can only estimate that this would also help to increase the relevance of surgical education for financing such programs by hospital administrations. In contrast, structured curricula reduce the flexibility and individualized training provided by the trainers; also, structured curricula are vulnerable to a lack of personnel, which will be a growing concern due to the decreasing number of medical professionals in the following years [4], [16].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…tying a surgical knot) [15]. However, as a result of limited time during working hours and changing priorities of the current generation of young surgeons [16], the compliance rate among surgical residents is still low [5], [15]. More resources during working hours and financial promotion could increase the compliance rate to empower the enormous potential for future surgical education programs.…”

Section: Which Modules May Help To Increase the Quality Of Surgical Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evidence in surgical training – a review

Fritz

Stachel

Braun

2019

Innovative Surgical Sciences

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The first residency programs for surgical training were introduced in Germany in the late 1880s and adopted in 1889 by William Halsted in the United States [Cameron JL. William Stewart Halsted. Our surgical heritage. Ann Surg 1997;225:445–58.]. Since then, surgical education has evolved from a sheer volume of exposure to structured curricula, and at the moment, due to work time restrictions, surgical education is discussed on an international level. The reported effect of limited working hours on operative case volume has been variable [McKendy KM, Watanabe Y, Lee L, Bilgic E, Enani G, Feldman LS, et al. Perioperative feedback in surgical training: a systematic review. Am J Surg 2017;214:117–26.]. Experienced surgeons fear that residents do not have sufficient exposure to standard procedures. This may reduce the residents’ responsibility for the treatment of the patient and even lead to a reduced autonomy at the end of the residency. Surgical education does not only require learning the technical skills but also human factors as well as interdisciplinary and interprofessional handling. When analyzing international surgical curricula, major differences even between countries of the European Union with more or less strict curricula can be found. Thus far, there is no study that analyzes the educational program of different countries, so there is no evidence which educational system is superior. There is also little evidence to distinguish the good from the average surgeon or the junior surgeons’ progress during his residency training. Although some evaluation tools are already available, the lack of resources of most teaching hospitals often results in not using these tools as long it is not mandatory by a governmental program. Because of decreased working hours, increasing hospital costs, and increasing jurisdictional restrictions, teaching hospitals and teachers will have to change their sentiments and focus on their way of surgical education before governmental regulations will emerge leading to more regulation in surgical education. Some learning tools such as simulation, electronic learning, augmented reality, or virtual reality for a timely, sufficient and up to date surgical education. However, research and evidence for existing and novel learning tools will have to increase in the next years to allow surgical education for the future generation of surgeons around the world.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Which Modules May Help To Increase the Quality Of Surgical Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evidence in surgical training – a review

Fritz

Stachel

Braun

2019

Innovative Surgical Sciences

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“…This might indicate that the service hours of childcare institutions do not match the working hours of physicians. For example, some hospitals in Germany have a kindergarten available, which is open 7 days/week and 15.5 h/day [7], although there are also university medical centers with more than 2500 employees and a child-care institution that a child can attend for a maximum of 20 h/month. In our opinion, the discrepancy between the availability of and the need for professional childcare is emphasized by the finding that two thirds of all couples needed additional support in childcare from relatives or other persons such as babysitters and nannies.…”

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“…The international literature states that the risk for surgeons’ “work-home conflicts” is independently associated with the number of hours worked per week and having children [6]. Currently, with the “Generation Y” doing the ward rounds and getting scrubbed at the theatre, the term “work-life balance” seems to gain importance among younger surgeons and the parental satisfaction of physicians has been subject to scientific research [7], [8]. …”

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A surgeon, a doctor and a baby – combining parenthood with a medical career

Herath

2019

Innovative Surgical Sciences

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Double-physician couples being parents have been shown to face greater difficulties in combining their private and professional lives when compared to other couples. In the present study, we aimed to analyze how double-physician couples manage to arrange their roles in their private and professional lives and how compatible their individual idea of being a mother or a father is with their career as a physician. Fifteen couples being parents and consisting of either two surgeons or a surgeon and a nonsurgeon were asked to participate in a survey to determine the average maternity or paternity leave, the reduction of hours worked per week after the birth of a child, and the need for professional childcare and additional support in childcare from relatives or babysitters per week. Furthermore, the couples were asked to mark on a six-item Likert scale how compatible their professional life is with their idea of being parents. The average maternity or paternity leave was 13 ± 2 months per child and the mean reduction of hours worked per week was 30 ± 12%. The couples made use of professional childcare for 41 ± 6 h/week on average and needed additional support in childcare from relatives or babysitters for 5 ± 3 h/week. On the Likert scale from “completely incompatible (0)” to “perfectly compatible (5)”, the mean compatibility of professional and private lives was rated 2.5 ± 1.1. Becoming parents significantly influences the professional and private lives of double-physician couples. The relatively low compatibility of double-physician couples’ private and professional lives might lead to relevant work-home conflicts. Such conflicts have been proven to be associated with surgeons not recommending surgery as a career. Therefore, efforts should be made to improve the compatibility of parenthood and a medical career.

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“…Das Perspektivforum Junge Chirurgie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, in welchem auch die CAJC vertreten ist, hat den Begriff und das Phänomen kürzlich diskutiert, um vor allem der pauschalisierenden und negativen Belegung des Begriffs "Work-Life-Balance" entgegenzuwirken [17].…”

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