| Title |
Surgeon Migration Between Developing Countries and the United States: Train, Retain, and Gain from Brain Drain
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Surgery, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00268-012-1795-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lars E. Hagander, Christopher D. Hughes, Katherine Nash, Karan Ganjawalla, Allison Linden, Yolanda Martins, Kathleen M. Casey, John G. Meara |
| Abstract |
The critical shortage of surgeons in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) prevents adequate responses to surgical needs, but the factors that affect surgeon migration have remained incompletely understood. The goal of this study was to examine the importance of personal, professional, and infrastructural factors on surgeon migration from LMICs to the United States. We hypothesized that the main drivers of surgeon migration can be addressed by providing adequate domestic surgical infrastructure, surgical training programs, and viable surgical career paths. |
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|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Rwanda | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 112 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 11% |
| Researcher | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 40 | 34% |
| Unknown | 23 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 44% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 4% |
| Psychology | 4 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 31 | 27% |
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