Academic neonatologist-a species at the brink of extinction?
Journal
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
ISSN: 1476-5543
Titre abrégé: J Perinatol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8501884
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
18
06
2023
accepted:
09
10
2023
revised:
25
09
2023
pubmed:
24
10
2023
medline:
24
10
2023
entrez:
23
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Neonatology is a field that is currently facing many challenges. These challenges include outdated work models in clinical environments with increasing acuity and patient workloads, physician burnout exacerbated by gender inequity and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, and inappropriate metrics to measure clinical productivity. Academic neonatologists have additional missions that include research, teaching, and scholarly productivity in the setting of an increasing clinical workload and reduced time and support for teaching and research. Within the university-based practice setting, reimbursement, and salary structure result in relatively low compensation for neonatologist clinical productivity and time. These challenges threaten the sustainability of academic neonatology as a field. Working towards potential solutions such as creation of sustainable, transparent work models, and aligned funds flow within university-based settings is imperative.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37872382
doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01803-4
pii: 10.1038/s41372-023-01803-4
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1526-1529Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.
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