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Defining full-time equivalence for acute care surgery is proposed as a method to establish a stable workforce and address challenges like surgeon burnout and work-life imbalance.
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Defining full-time equivalence in acute care surgery is important to address workforce challenges and surgeon burnout.
Acute care surgery (ACS) encompasses five major pillars - trauma, surgical critical care, emergency general surgery, elective general surgery and surgical rescue. The specialty continues to evolve and due to high-acuity, high-volume and around-the-clock care, the workload can be significant leading to workforce challenges such as rightsizing of staff, work-life imbalance, surgeon burnout and more. To address these challenges and ensure a stable workforce, ACS as a specialty must be deliberate and thoughtful about how it manages workload and workforce going forward. In this article, we address the importance, benefits and challenges of defining full-time equivalence for ACS as a method to establish a stable ACS workforce for the future.
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Smith et al. (2024) conducted a review in Acute care surgery workforce challenges. Defining full-time equivalence was evaluated. Defining full-time equivalence for acute care surgery is proposed as a method to establish a stable workforce and address challenges like surgeon burnout and work-life imbalance.
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