title: Workforce Needs and Demands in Surgery.
abstract: The health care environment in the United States is witnessing major changes. The Halstedian model has produced surgeons who joined the workforce for over a century. While the Halstedian model will continue to be of benefit, we need to be proactive and develop innovative models of graduate medical education that meet the needs of the 21st century. The history of graduate medical education is punctuated by surgical leaders that made great contributions. The time is ripe again for the surgical community to develop innovative models of graduate medical education that will continue to sustain the surgical workforce of the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 986345, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. Electronic address: care@unmc.edu.
authors.forename: Chandrakanth
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Are
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: General surgery; Graduate medical education; Surgical training; Surgical workforce