Mets Berend, Galford Jennifer A, Purichia Heather R
Department of Anesthesiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0850, USA.
Anesth Analg. 2007 Nov;105(5):1338-45, table of contents. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000284666.39224.05.
BACKGROUND/METHODS: We conducted an Internet-based survey of all current academic anesthesiology chairpersons to benchmark their characteristics and accomplishments, as well as to gain insights that might be useful to aspirant department chairs.
The response rate was 55%; chairs were predominantly male (92%), with a mean age of 55 yr and an average time in post of 6.5 yr. They were American medical graduates (82%), had undergone a research (31%) or a clinical fellowship (57%), were full professors (86%) and practiced most commonly as generalists and in intensive care. Chairs had a significant record of scholarship, including a median of 30 peer-reviewed papers, and an average of 11.0 industry and 2.7 federal grants. Thirty-two percent served as editors of peer-reviewed journals and 42% have served as president/chairman of national committees. Fully 30% of current chairs had previous experience as a chair. Sixty-eight percent of current chairs decided early in their career (at the resident/fellow or assistant professor level) that they wished to be a chair. In advising aspirant chairs, the most helpful experience to being a chair was that of having served as a vice chair, and the highest rated advice was to become a division director. Chairs were predominantly satisfied with their position (median 3 of 10) and 44% would return to clinical anesthesiology after chairmanship.
The survey suggests that anesthesiology chairs value peer-reviewed research, scholarship, and academic achievement, but do not believe that significant research experience is of great benefit to functioning as a chair.
背景/方法：我们对所有现任学术麻醉学系主任进行了一项基于互联网的调查，以衡量他们的特点和成就，并获取可能对有抱负的系主任有用的见解。
回复率为55%；系主任主要为男性（92%），平均年龄55岁，平均任职时间6.5年。他们是美国医学毕业生（82%），曾参加过研究培训（31%）或临床专科培训（57%），为正教授（86%），最常见的执业领域是全科和重症监护。系主任有显著的学术成果记录，包括中位数为30篇经同行评审的论文，平均11.0项行业资助和2.7项联邦资助。32%的人担任过同行评审期刊的编辑，42%的人担任过全国性委员会的主席。现任系主任中有30%曾有过担任系主任的经历。68%的现任系主任在其职业生涯早期（住院医师/专科培训医师或助理教授阶段）就决定希望成为系主任。在为有抱负的系主任提供建议时，对担任系主任最有帮助的经历是担任副主任，评价最高的建议是成为科室主任。系主任对自己的职位大多感到满意（中位数为10分中的3分），44%的人在卸任系主任后会重返临床麻醉工作。
该调查表明，麻醉学系主任重视经同行评审的研究、学术成果和学术成就，但不认为丰富的研究经验对担任系主任有很大帮助。
