Clinical practice profiles of anesthesiologists certified in or after the year 2000 participating in maintenance of certification in the United States

• Published in: Journal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 64; p. 109810
• Main Authors: Sun, Huaping, McLoughlin, Thomas M., Macario, Alex
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-09-2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Anesthesiology; Attorneys; Certification; Clinical medicine; Clinics; Critical care; Females; Medical personnel; Medical schools; Medicine; Pain; Pediatrics; Regional anesthesia
• ISSN: 0952-8180; 1873-4529
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109810

Thirty-four percent (34%) of anesthesiologists practice in a single practice area and 62% report 5 or more practice areas (mean = 5.4, median = 6, standard deviation = 2.7), with the majority dedicating less than 25% of their time to any one clinical practice area. In a multiple regression analysis, females report an average of 0.55 fewer (95% Confidence Interval [CI], −0.61 to −0.49) practice areas than males, and international medical school graduates report an average of 0.32 more (95% CI, 0.25 to 0.40) practice areas than American medical school graduates. Clinical practice area N % % of Anesthesiologists within the clinical practice area Median % of time spent 1–25% of time spent 26–50% of time spent 51–75% of time spent 76–100% of time spent Ambulatory/outpatient 20,798 79% 62.2% 28.2% 4.8% 4.8% 20% Cardiac anesthesia 6390 24% 71.6% 19.1% 6.0% 3.2% 10% Critical care medicine 4476 17% 80.0% 14.2% 3.1% 2.7% 5% General operative anesthesia 21,607 82% 46.9% 44.3% 6.9% 1.9% 30% Neuro anesthesia 13,904 53% 97.3% 1.8% 0.7% 0.2% 5% Obstetric anesthesia 15,150 58% 94.0% 4.8% 0.7% 0.6% 10% Pain medicine 5893 22% 44.7% 8.4% 5.8% 41.1% 50% Pediatric anesthesia 14,069 53% 83.0% 6.2% 3.3% 7.4% 5% Regional Anesthesia/acute pain 17,226 65% 94.2% 5.2% 0.5% 0.2% 10% Thoracic anesthesia 12,549 48% 98.7% 1.2% 0.1% 0.0% 5% Trauma 10,499 40% 99.1% 0.8% 0.1% 0.1% 5% Table 1 Time Spent in Each Clinical Area among Anesthesiologists Certified in or after the Year 2000 Participating in Maintenance of Certification (N = 26,344) Who Report Any Activity in That Area.