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Addressing the underrepresentation of anesthesiologists in critical care requires early mentorship, accurate lifestyle education, and tailored training tracks to meet growing national workforce demands. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Assess factors behind the underfilling of anesthesiology critical care medicine fellowship positions and identify structural strategies to expand the specialist pipeline.

September 5, 2026Anesthesiology

A Growth Mindset: Expanding the Critical Care Training Pipeline in Anesthesiology

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MHMegan H. HicksWake Forest University AKAshish KhannaGuru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University RMRyan C. MavesNational University of Salta

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Workforce analysis reveals underfilled anesthesiology critical care training programs, highlighting the need for tailored tracks and early mentorship to meet rising intensive care unit demands.

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Assess factors behind the underfilling of anesthesiology critical care medicine fellowship positions and identify structural strategies to expand the specialist pipeline.
Analyzed national fellowship match data and clinical demand trends within critical care medicine.
Examined structural factors shaping resident recruitment, including perceptions of compensation, workload, and competing clinical obligations.
Anesthesiologists represent less than 10% of critical care physicians in the United States despite increasing intensive care unit demand and persistent fellowship vacancies.
Trainee hesitation is largely driven by perceptions of compensation, workload, and lifestyle that diverge from current workforce and practice realities.
Implementation of early mentorship, scholarly engagement, and customized training tracks provides a mechanism to improve recruitment and physician retention.

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Hicks et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4216b95aff0620eb8ec https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000006309

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Workforce analysis reveals underfilled anesthesiology critical care training programs, highlighting the need for tailored tracks and early mentorship to meet rising intensive care unit demands.

A Growth Mindset: Expanding the Critical Care Training Pipeline in Anesthesiology

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A Growth Mindset: Expanding the Critical Care Training Pipeline in Anesthesiology

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