Besides being exhausting, career advancement for anesthesiologists is also extremely difficult. Getting a senior position can be frighteningly challenging.
They essentially work behind the scenes; no matter how successful an operation is, their reputation hardly changes.
Silently working behind the scenes, they endure even more pressure than the leading surgeons, have a very heavy workload, and their work is as crucial as that of the leading surgeons. Yet, the treatment they receive is vastly different.
Anyone would feel psychologically unbalanced in their position.
It is precisely these unfair treatments that lead to a perennial shortage of anesthesiologists.
Even many medical schools don't offer anesthesiology as a major.
This is an issue worth deep reflection in China's medical community.
Only by changing the status and treatment of anesthesiologists will more medical students be willing to apply for this specialty.
