The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Thoracic Surgery Practice and Access Task Force-2019 Workforce Report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has intermittently surveyed its workforce, providing isolated accounts of the current state of thoracic surgical practice.

Methods

The 70-question survey instrument was received by 3834 STS surgeon members, and responses were gathered between September 16 and November 1, 2019. The return rate was 27.9%.

Results

The median age of the active United States (US) thoracic surgeons is 56 years. Women comprise 8.4% of the responders, constituting 6.2% of adult cardiac, 10.6% of congenital heart, and 12.6% of general thoracic surgeons. Most practicing US surgeons (83.5%) graduated from medical school in the US. Survey respondents had 7 (21.8%), 8 (25.0%), 9 (22.1%) or 10 (29.2%) or more years of post-MD training before enterin

SUBMITTER: Ikonomidis JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483689 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature