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Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva  \nIntroduction  \nMedical literature is full of papers trying to explain the psychological drive of young people to become physicians: an interesting life experience, a profession with a meaning and an aim, which offers a social position and prestige and also a nice financial incentive.  \nIndispensability, the desire to help people, to get respect and access to science, have been for centuries the main reasons to select medicine as a future profession.  \nBut today the situation is changing in the sense that some negative aspects of the profession (heavy work, badly structured residency track, significant decrease of respect offered by the patient and not least inadequate wages) weight more and more in taking a decision which would influence one’s whole life.  \nIn the last years Anesthesiology, one of the youngest medical specialties, became a victim of this new situation all over the world and a real shortage of professionals in this domain is felt.  \nThe well recognized shortage of anesthesiologists in many countries just worsens a situation in which demand for anesthesia services increases all the time.  \nIn spite of the fact that anesthesiologists in many countries won a respectful position in the medical community, they are still considered practitioners of a service profession, a peripheral one, not always adequately reimbursed.  \nThe aim of this presentation is to analyze the situation of this profession in Israel and also to offer colleagues from other countries an example of how things can go from bad to worse if efficient steps have not been taken in time.  \nAnesthesiology manpower in Israel.  \nSince the creation of the state in 1948, Israeli Anesthesiology faces a real paradox.  \nAlthough the number of anesthesiologists per 100,000 (around 10-11) inhabitants is similar to that of other countries, only 12% of them graduated in an Israeli medical school and in the last years less than 1% of the Israeli alumni chose anesthesia as their future career. Among Israeli anesthesiologists younger than 40, only 8% graduated a local medical school.  \nThe discrepancy between the rather high number of anesthesiologists and the very low rate of Israeli medical schools alumni who become anesthesiologists is easily explained by the fact that 88% of the current anesthesia manpower in this country comes either from immigration (the largest part) or from those Israeli citizens who studied medicine abroad. It is worthwhile to mention that as per the year of 2006 65% of the Israeli anesthesiologists have graduated a medical school in the former Soviet Union!  \nBut, according to official data, the overall emigration to Israel significantly decreased in the first decade of this century and this became the main explanation for the current severe shortage of anesthesia workforce in this country (75% of anesthesia departments indicated a serious need for new physicians, specialists and residents too) .  \nSince a similar shortage is encountered in other countries all over the world, the situation in Israel might become even serious, due to the fact that many Israeli physicians prefer to work abroad, in more affluent countries, because of the better work conditions and payment.  \nA survey presented by us in 2008 also showed that the state of well being among Israeli anesthesiologists does not contribute to the solution of workforce in this country.  \nAlthough the well being feelings among the Israeli anesthesia residents is much better today than 20 years ago, the Israeli anesthesia specialist, in comparison to other countries and to 20 years ago feels much worse. The explanations offered for these survey results include low basic income, a need for working additional hours and look for an additional place of work in order to supplement the meager","cbCaiolfRrD0awsX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiolfRrD0awsX","pdf",94801,"English","# Introduction\n## Anesthesiology manpower in Israel\n## Previous attempts to ameliorate the situation\n## How this sad situation could be explained?","[{\"question\":\"What factors are driving young people away from choosing anesthesiology today?\",\"answer\":\"The presentation highlights heavy work, a badly structured residency track, reduced patient respect, and inadequate wages as increasingly decisive drawbacks.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the manpower situation in Israel create a paradox in anesthesiology?\",\"answer\":\"Despite a relatively high anesthesiologist-per-population figure, only a small share graduated from Israeli medical schools, with most workforce coming from immigration or graduates of foreign medical schools.\"},{\"question\":\"Why have previous initiatives to improve recruitment and retention failed?\",\"answer\":\"Despite efforts such as higher monthly income, new professional units, better pay for leaders, and grants for new residents, the initiatives did not change the underlying trend.\"}]","How to Attract a Young Physician to Our Profession - The Anatomy of a Failure | PDF",1789319083,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":98},[99,102,107,112,117,122,127,132,137],{"id":86,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":100,"slug":101},90,"presentations",{"id":103,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":104,"show_sort_weight":105,"slug":106},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":108,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":109,"show_sort_weight":110,"slug":111},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":113,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":114,"show_sort_weight":115,"slug":116},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":118,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":119,"show_sort_weight":120,"slug":121},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":123,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":124,"show_sort_weight":125,"slug":126},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":128,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":130,"slug":131},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":133,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":134,"show_sort_weight":135,"slug":136},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":138,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":139,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":140},158,"General","general-158"]