Brain Drain Within the Field of Academic Anesthesiology

Guillermo Saldana; Yuli Lim; Richard Hubbard

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023): Magnified and In Focus

Brain Drain Within the Field of Academic Anesthesiology

Guillermo Saldana^▸^▾
Yuli Lim^▸^▾
Richard Hubbard, MD^▸^▾

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Abstract

Brain drain describes the emigration of highly educated professionals from resource deficient countries to wealthier ones.¹ This phenomenon profoundly impacts healthcare on a global scale, providing much-needed physician workforce to certain locations while depleting healthcare personnel in resource-limited regions.² Our study investigates the effects of this phenomenon on the field of academic anesthesiology in Texas. We hypothesize that the anesthesiology faculties of the state of Texas rely on the work of anesthesiologists that are foreign-trained international medical graduates (IMGs).

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Pang T, Lansang MA, Haines A. Brain drain and health professionals. BMJ. 2002;324(7336):499-500. doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7336.499
Hagopian A, Thompson MJ, Fordyce M, Johnson KE, Hart LG. The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain. Hum Resour Health. 2004;2(1):17. Published 2004 Dec 14. doi:10.1186/1478-4491-2-17
Anesthesiology residency programs in Texas. Residency Programs List. 2023. Accessed March 2023. https://www.residencyprogramslist.com/anesthesiology-in-texas.

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Brain Drain Within the Field of Academic Anesthesiology . (2023). Tourniquet, 1(2). https://tourniquet-ojs-uh.tdl.org/tourniquet/article/view/15 (Original work published 2023)

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[1] Pang T, Lansang MA, Haines A. Brain drain and health professionals. BMJ. 2002;324(7336):499-500. doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7336.499

[2] Hagopian A, Thompson MJ, Fordyce M, Johnson KE, Hart LG. The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain. Hum Resour Health. 2004;2(1):17. Published 2004 Dec 14. doi:10.1186/1478-4491-2-17

[3] Anesthesiology residency programs in Texas. Residency Programs List. 2023. Accessed March 2023. https://www.residencyprogramslist.com/anesthesiology-in-texas.