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

2022 Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved..

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.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Thorac Dis. 2023 Jan 31;15(1):5-9. - PMID 36794149

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Journal of thoracic disease - 14(2022), 9 vom: 19. Sept., Seite 3304-3313

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luc, Jessica G Y [VerfasserIn]
Pizano, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Udwadia, Farhad [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Saurabh [VerfasserIn]
Dairywala, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Joyce, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Rush, Grahame [VerfasserIn]
Dunning, Joel [VerfasserIn]
Myers, Patrick O [VerfasserIn]
Antonoff, Mara B [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Tom C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiothoracic surgery workforce
Career development
Job availability
Job seeking
Journal Article
Workforce planning

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 16.02.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: J Thorac Dis. 2023 Jan 31;15(1):5-9. - PMID 36794149

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21037/jtd-22-320

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347605672