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Education, working environment and future
employment prospects of lcelandic surgeons
Introduction: Information about the education, training
and future employment prospects of lcelandic surgeons
has not been available.
Materials and methods: The study included all lcelandic
surgeons, in all subspecialties, educated at the Faculty
of Medicine at the University of lceland. Information
on specialty training, higher academic degrees and in
which country these were obtained was collected. Future
employment prospects were analysed by calculating
supply and demand until the year 2025. Approximations,
such as sustained demand for surgeons per capita, were
used.
Results: Out of 237 licensed surgeons, two thirds were
living in lceland and 36 were retired. Majority (69.2%)
had been trained in Sweden and orthopaedic (26.9%)
and general surgery (23.9%) were the most common
subspecialties. The average age of surgeons in lceland
was 52 years and 44 years for surgeons abroad. Females
were 8% of surgeons in lceland while being 17.4% among
36 doctors in surgical training overseas. Over 19% had
received a PhD degree. Predictions suggest that supply
and demand for surgeons in lceland will be equal in the
year 2025, not taking into account the prospects for the
working market outside lceland.
Conclusion: A third of lcelandic surgeons live outside
lceland. The proportion of female surgeons is low but it
is increasing. Our predictions indicate a balanced work
market for surgeons in lceland for the next 15 years.
However, there are many uncertainty factors in the
calculations and they do not predict the prospects for
individual subspecialties.
Gudbjartsson T, Vidarsdottir H, Magnusson S.
Education, working enviroment and future employment prospects of lcelandic surgeons. Icel Med J 2010; 96: 603-9.
Key words: Surgery, education, training program, examinations, PhD degree, employment prospect.
Correspondence: Tómas Guðbjartsson, tomasgud@landspitali.is
Barst: 3. mars 2010, - samþykkt til birtingar: 7. júlí 2010
Hagsmunatengsl: Engin
LÆKNAblaðið 2010/96 609