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

NCT ID: NCT05566067

Last Updated: 2025-05-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2026-11-30

Brief Summary

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

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.

Conditions

Anesthesia

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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.

Survey

Intervention Type: OTHER

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

Interventions

Survey

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

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Anesthesiology residents at Stanford

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-anesthesiology residents at Stanford

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Chi-Ho Ban Tsui

Professor-Med Ctr Line

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Ban CH Tsui, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Stanford University

Locations

Stanford University

Stanford, California, United States

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Ban CH Tsui, MD

Role: CONTACT

bantsui@stanford.edu

(650) 200-9107

Ksenia Kasimova, MD

Role: CONTACT

kasimova@stanford.edu

(650) 788-9458

References

Hanson CW 3rd, Durbin CG Jr, Maccioli GA, Deutschman CS, Sladen RN, Pronovost PJ, Gattinoni L. The anesthesiologist in critical care medicine: past, present, and future. Anesthesiology. 2001 Sep;95(3):781-8. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200109000-00034. No abstract available.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 11575554 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

67638

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id