title: Department staffing in anaesthesia.
abstract: A survey about staffing of departments of anaesthesia in teaching hospitals, and about the duties of their anaesthetists, showed similar results to a preliminary survey (Baker 1978) which suggested that two-thirds of Australasian departments were understaffed by senior specialists. The survey also showed a high ratio of one, of trainees to senior specialists, which will soon oversupply specialists in practice if allowed to continue.
mesh_terms: D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D001315:Australia; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D010559:Personnel Management; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D000078329:Workforce