{"title":"Pediatric Surgery and University.","authors":"V Álvarez Muñoz","doi":"10.54847/cp.2023.04.09","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Pediatric Surgery studies in Spanish universities are not regulated, and their situation varies significantly from one region to another.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A descriptive study by means of a survey directly addressed to the heads of the 47 Spanish healthcare units was carried out.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only 33 pediatric surgeons currently teach at the university level. Most of them are employed (associate professors) and assigned to non-surgical departments. The degree of teaching accreditation of these professionals is meager.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is necessary to reflect deeply on the absence of our specialty in universities and, conversely, on the scarce presence of university studies and research in healthcare units.</p>","PeriodicalId":94306,"journal":{"name":"Cirugia pediatrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Pediatrica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cirugia pediatrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Pediatrica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.54847/cp.2023.04.09","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: Pediatric Surgery studies in Spanish universities are not regulated, and their situation varies significantly from one region to another.
Materials and methods: A descriptive study by means of a survey directly addressed to the heads of the 47 Spanish healthcare units was carried out.
Results: Only 33 pediatric surgeons currently teach at the university level. Most of them are employed (associate professors) and assigned to non-surgical departments. The degree of teaching accreditation of these professionals is meager.
Conclusion: It is necessary to reflect deeply on the absence of our specialty in universities and, conversely, on the scarce presence of university studies and research in healthcare units.