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Examining the Growing Demand for Surgical Care in Rural Communities and Novel Approaches to Achieving a Sustainable Surgical Workforce: A Narrative Review.
Curēus 2023 August
Surgery continues to be an increasingly vital component of public health and aspect of patient care in rural communities. An anticipated shortage of surgeons within the next decade in the United States prompts a growing concern for increasing the delivery of essential surgical care to these populations. When considering the existing barriers to surgical healthcare in rural communities, there is a sense of urgency to identify innovative approaches that will promote a sustainable surgeon workforce. A narrative review was conducted to investigate the current state of access to essential surgical care in rural communities. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected to better understand the key issues in rural healthcare and to provide statistical data related to the status of the surgical workforce. With the anticipated shortage of surgeons in both rural and urban areas, this review highlights the importance of enacting immediate measures to address the concern. This review has accomplished the initial objectives of gaining a better understanding of the current state of access to surgical care in rural communities and utilizing this knowledge to provide recommendations to readily attain a sustainable number of rural surgeons. With each approach addressing ways to address the contributory issues to the surgeon shortage, this review reveals a new avenue of integrating valuable aspects from each approach, rather than relying on a single approach. In particular, enhancing the overall pipeline of medical training to attending status may prove to be more beneficial for achieving this goal. Ultimately, this may be accomplished by introducing additional rural surgical mentorship opportunities for medical students, developing a rural surgery fellowship, and incorporating a market-based response that will correspond to attractive incentives that help to retain a sustainable number of surgeons working in rural areas.
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