title: Survey of obstetric and gynecologic hospitalists and laborists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study was to obtain descriptive information about obstetricians/gynecologists who currently are practicing as hospitalists or laborists.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was emailed to all actively practicing member Fellows of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in April 2009. A second emailing of the survey was sent in May 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Obstetrician/gynecologist hospitalists and laborists are significantly younger than the rest of the obstetrician/gynecologist sample by age and years in residency and have a high rate of career satisfaction. There was a great deal of variation in work schedules and compensation of the respondents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We analyzed the rapidly growing hospitalist/laborist model of care within the obstetrician/gynecologist specialty. The laborists and hospitalists model provides an alternative type of practice for obstetricians/gynecologists, and it is associated with high career satisfaction. It is important that we continue to monitor the needs of this burgeoning field of clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: The University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA Program, Knoxville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Catrina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Funk
authors.forename: Britta L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schulkin
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload