Early effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the North American cardiothoracic surgery job market

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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Jessica G. Y. Luc¹  Alejandro Pizano²  Farhad Udwadia³  Saurabh Gupta⁴  Mohammed Dairywala²  Catherine Joyce⁵  Emily Robinson⁵  Grahame Rush⁵  Joel Dunning⁶  Patrick O. Myers⁷  Mara B. Antonoff⁸  Tom C. Nguyen⁹ 

[1] Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia;Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, McGovern Medical School;Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia;Division of Cardiac Surgery, McMaster University;The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network;Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital;Department of Cardiac Surgery, CHUV-Center Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois;Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center;Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco

关键词: Cardiothoracic surgery workforce;    job availability;    job seeking;    career development;    workforce planning;   

DOI  :  10.21037/jtd-22-320

学科分类：呼吸医学

来源: Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company

【 摘 要 】

Background: The present study aims to report the early effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the cardiothoracic surgery job market in North America. Methods: The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet) job market database was queried, and patterns from January to May for 2019 versus January to May 2020 were compared for trends in job postings and job seekers. Results: Our study is comprised of 395 cardiothoracic surgery job postings, of which 98% were positions located in North America and 63% were academic. The negative impact of the pandemic on the cardiothoracic surgery job market was greatest in the cardiothoracic/cardiovascular combined subspecialty, followed by congenital and adult cardiac surgery, whereas general thoracic surgery experienced an increase in proportion of jobs available. Despite an increase in views per job posted in 2020 vs. 2019 (532 vs. 290), employer views of job seeker curriculum vitae declined over the same time period in 2020 (January, 380 views/month to May, 3 views/month) compared to 2019 (January, 100 views/month to May, 54 views/month). Conclusions: An analysis of job postings from CTSNet suggests a decline in job availability in the North American cardiothoracic surgical job market following declaration of the pandemic with acknowledgement that there is month to month variability and a supply-demand mismatch. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on our field, and the ultimate consequences remain unknown.

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