Delay in the residents’ choice for General and Digestive Surgery: Analysis of the period 2018–2022

Cirugia espanola Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.cireng.2023.08.006

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Abstract

Introduction

Every year hundreds of medical residents choose their specialization in various surgical fields. However, these numbers have been poorly analyzed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the selection of General and Digestive Surgery by medical residents and compare these results with the selection of other surgical specialties.

Methods

Cross-sectional observational study. The data from the selection of the medical residents from surgical specialties and the top 10 most demanded specialties between the years 2018 and 2022 were included. An analysis of adjusted ranking numbers based on the number of available positions was also conducted.

Results

The number of available positions in General and Digestive Surgery increased by 17.7% during the study period. However, the selection of our specialty has been delayed, with a median ranking number of 2419 (IQR: 1621–3284) in 2018, and 3484 (IQR: 2306–4156) in 2022 (p: .000). These differences remained significant after adjusting for the number of available positions (p: .000).

The choice of Urology, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Gastroenterology, and Paediatrics also declined during this period, while Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Anesthesiology, and Endocrinology improved their numbers.

Conclusion

The choice of General and Digestive Surgery has been delayed according to the data from the MIR selection of 2018–2022. The increase in the number of available positions has not been associated with a proportional increase in demand.

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居民选择普通外科和消化外科的延迟:2018-2022年期间的分析。

导读:每年都有数百名住院医师选择他们在各种外科领域的专业。然而，对这些数字的分析并不充分。本研究的目的是评估住院医师对普通外科和消化外科的选择，并将这些结果与其他外科专业的选择进行比较。方法:横断面观察研究。纳入了2018 - 2022年外科专业住院医师选拔数据和需求量最大的前10个专业数据。还根据空缺职位的数量对调整后的排名数字进行了分析。结果:在研究期间，普通外科和消化外科的空缺职位数量增加了17.7%。然而，我们的专业选择被推迟，2018年排名中位数为2419 (IQR: 1621-3284)， 2022年排名中位数为3484 (IQR: 2306-4156) (p: 0.000)。在调整了可用职位数量后，这些差异仍然显着(p: 0.000)。泌尿外科、胸外科、心血管外科、消化系统、儿科的选择也有所减少，而整形外科、皮肤科、眼科、麻醉科、内分泌科的选择则有所增加。结论:根据2018-2022年MIR选择数据，普通外科和消化外科的选择有所延迟。空缺职位数量的增加并没有与需求的成比例增长联系在一起。

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