Mortada Hatan, Mustafa Nashwa, Bamakhrama Basma, Alshateb Marwa, Gelidan Adnan G, Arab Khalid
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Oct 26;9(10):e3884. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003884. eCollection 2021 Oct.
Career choice satisfaction among plastic surgeons has a significant effect on the quality of patient care and workforce shortages. This study investigated career choice satisfaction among Saudi plastic surgeons to identify associated factors.
A cross-sectional study was conducted via an online self-administered questionnaire sent in April 2021 to all Saudi plastic surgeons. The questionnaire was composed of 23 items in four domains: demographics, plastic surgery training, current practice workload, and job satisfaction. The analysis was performed at a 95% confidence interval using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 23.0 (IBM, Armonk, N.Y.).
A total of 63 plastic surgeons were included in this study (82.5% men; 17.5% women), with an overall response rate of 76.8%. The leading cause of job dissatisfaction for women was financial remuneration (28.8%) ( = 0.008). The main factor for men was work-life balance (38.5%) ( = 0.028). Of the different backgrounds, the highest satisfaction was among those with a background in German residency programs, and the lowest was among those with French residency programs ( = 0.045). Surgeons from the southern region had a higher satisfaction rate than those from other regions; those from the central region had the lowest rate ( < 0.001).
Our survey-based study found that Saudi plastic surgeons with German residency training, practicing in the southern region or who exceeded 11-20 years post-training had the highest job satisfaction. As such, surgeons' job satisfaction can be improved by ensuring work-life balance.
整形外科医生的职业选择满意度对患者护理质量和劳动力短缺有重大影响。本研究调查了沙特整形外科医生的职业选择满意度，以确定相关因素。
2021年4月通过在线自填问卷对所有沙特整形外科医生进行了一项横断面研究。问卷由四个领域的23个项目组成：人口统计学、整形外科培训、当前工作负荷和工作满意度。使用社会科学统计软件包第23.0版（IBM，纽约州阿蒙克）在95%置信区间进行分析。
本研究共纳入63名整形外科医生（男性占82.5%；女性占17.5%），总体回复率为76.8%。女性工作不满意的主要原因是经济报酬（28.8%）（P = 0.008）。男性的主要因素是工作与生活的平衡（38.5%）（P = 0.028）。在不同背景中，德国住院医师培训背景的人满意度最高，法国住院医师培训背景的人满意度最低（P = 0.045）。南部地区的外科医生满意度高于其他地区；中部地区的外科医生满意度最低（P < 0.001）。
我们基于调查的研究发现，接受过德国住院医师培训、在南部地区执业或培训后超过11至20年的沙特整形外科医生工作满意度最高。因此，通过确保工作与生活的平衡可以提高外科医生的工作满意度。
