Surgical leadership within rapidly changing working conditions in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

An overview of the requirements for the head of a surgical department in Germany should be given.

Materials and methods

A retrospective literature research on surgical professional policy publications of the last 10 years in Germany was conducted.

Results

Surveys show that commercial influences on medical decisions in German hospitals have today become an everyday, predominantly negative, actuality. Nevertheless, in one survey, 82.9% of surgical chief physicians reported being very satisfied with their profession, compared with 61.5% of senior physicians and only 43.4% of hospital specialists. Here, the chief physician is challenged. Only 70% of those surveyed stated that they could rely on their direct superiors when difficulties arose at work, and only

SUBMITTER: Schmitz-Rixen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754057 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature