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Survey of Anesthesiology Residents' Perceptions of Critical Care Medicine as a Career

Sponsor
Stanford University (Other)
Overall Status
Not yet recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05566067
Collaborator
(none)
100
Enrollment
1
Location
3.9
Anticipated Duration (Months)
25.4
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study's goal is to investigate the reasons behind the decline in interest in critical care fellowships among anesthesia residents.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: Survey

Detailed Description

Anesthesia-based critical care medicine (CCM) is at a crossroads at the turn of the millennium. Although anesthesiologists were pioneers in the field of critical care, their surgical and pulmonary medicine counterparts have now eclipsed them in terms of both numbers and influence. In the United States, anesthesia-based CCM is a niche specialization of anesthesiology, while in Europe, anesthesiologists play a central role in critical care. Anesthesia-based critical care physician production has remained low on an annual basis. Some medical students join anesthesiology residencies with an interest in critical care training, but this enthusiasm appears to diminish as the number of years of residency grows. In the United States, anesthesiology residents have been unable to fill many critical care fellowship spots consistently. This survey aims to investigate the factors that influence residents' decision to pursue a career as a critical care physician, as it is essential to comprehend the underlying reasons for such a decline.

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Anticipated Enrollment :
100 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Survey of Anesthesiology Residents' Perceptions of Critical Care Medicine as a Career at One Academic Center
Anticipated Study Start Date :
Feb 1, 2023
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Jun 1, 2023
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Jun 1, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Anesthesiology residents

We plan to distribute a survey to the Stanford anesthesiology residents to investigate the factors that influence residents' decision to pursue a career as a critical care physician.

Other: Survey
There will be no interventions for study participants. Participants will be asked to complete a survey.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Decline in applying to CCM fellowships [3 months]

    Examining the declining applying to CCM fellowship whether due to intrinsic factors (i.e., nature of CCM practice) vs extrinsic factors (i.e., job market and relative competing compensation)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Anesthesiology residents at Stanford
Exclusion Criteria:
  • Non-anesthesiology residents at Stanford

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Stanford University Stanford California United States 94305

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Stanford University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Ban CH Tsui, MD, Stanford University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

Responsible Party:
Chi-Ho Ban Tsui, Professor-Med Ctr Line, Stanford University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05566067
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 67638
First Posted:
Oct 4, 2022
Last Update Posted:
Dec 12, 2022
Last Verified:
Dec 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Chi-Ho Ban Tsui, Professor-Med Ctr Line, Stanford University
critical care medicine
fellowship
anesthesiology residency
perception
anesthesia

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 12, 2022