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- Title
Analysis of Early Job Market Experiences and Perceptions Among Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Graduates and Bariatric Surgery Program Directors.
- Authors
Lu, Yang; Juo, Yen-Yi; Martin, Matthew J.; Dan, Adrian G.; Banerjee, Ambar; Jones, Daniel B.; Dakin, Gregory F.; Jain-Spangler, Kunoor; Chen, Yijun
- Abstract
Purpose: Over the past decade, an increasing number of bariatric surgeons are trained in fellowships annually despite only a modest increase in nationwide bariatric surgery volume. The study surveys the bariatric surgery job market trend in order to inform better career-choice decisions for trainees interested in this field. Materials and Methods: A national retrospective cohort survey over an 11-year period was conducted. Bariatric surgery fellowship graduates from 2008 to 2019 and program directors (PDs) were surveyed electronically. Univariate analysis was performed comparing responses between earlier (2008–2016) and recent graduates (2017–2019). Results: We identified a total of 996 graduates and 143 PDs. Response rates were 9% and 20% respectively (n = 88, 29). Sixty-eight percent of graduates felt there are not enough bariatric jobs for new graduates. Seventy-nine percent of PDs felt that it is more difficult to find a bariatric job for their fellows now than 5–10 years ago. Forty-eight percent of PDs felt that we are training too many bariatric fellows. Seventy-seven percent of all graduates want the majority of their practice to be comprised bariatric cases; however, only 42% of them reported achieving this. In the univariate analysis, recent graduates were less likely to be currently employed as a bariatric surgeon (64% vs. 86%, p = 0.02) and were less satisfied with their current case volume (42% vs. 66%, p = 0.01). Conclusions: The temporal increase in bariatric fellowship graduates over the past decade has resulted in a significant decline in the likelihood of employment in a full-time bariatric surgical practice and a decline in surgeons' bariatric case volumes.
- Subjects
BARIATRIC surgery; JOB analysis; TRAINING of surgeons; RELATIONSHIP marketing; FULL-time employment; GASTRIC bypass
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 4, p1561
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-020-05150-7