Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery workforce in Canada

Janet P Edwards; Alexsander Bressan; Navjit Dharampal; Sean C Grondin; Indraneel Datta; Elijah Dixon; Sean P Cleary; Jeffrey S Barkun; Jean M Butte; Chad G Ball

doi:10.1503/cjs.011414

Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery workforce in Canada

Can J Surg. 2015 Jun;58(3):212-5. doi: 10.1503/cjs.011414.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
² The Division of General Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
³ The Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
⁴ The Division of General Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.

Abstract

This article characterizes the Canadian hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery workforce (demographics, practice patterns, career satisfaction, education and recruitment plans). This information will serve as a baseline for future national comparisons, allow informed workforce planning and facilitate mathematical modelling of the HPB workforce in Canada.

MeSH terms

Adult
Canada
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Collection
Digestive System Surgical Procedures / education
Education, Medical, Graduate / statistics & numerical data
Female
Gastroenterology* / education
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
Personnel Selection
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data
Specialties, Surgical* / education
Workforce