E184 - Pat Murphy on Workforce Planning in Acute Care Surgery
Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery PodcastShow Notes
Dr. Patrick Murphy is a trauma and acute care surgeon at Medical College of Wisconsin. In this episode we discuss his recent paper, “Understaffed and overworked: The stark reality of acute care surgeon staffing in the United States, an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study.” This conversation turned into more than just a discussion around workforce planning, but also around how surgeons are compensated and surgical culture. Links: Murphy, Patrick B. MD, MPH, MSc; Coleman, Jamie J. MD; et al; The ACS Staffing Authorship Group. Understaffed and overworked: The stark reality of acute care surgeon staffing in the United States, an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery ():10.1097/TA.0000000000004700, July 4, 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004700 Murphy PB, Nahmias J, Bonne S, Coleman J, de Moya M. Defining the acute care surgeon: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) panel discussion on full-time employment, compensation and career trajectory. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Sep 30;9(1):e001500. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001500. PMID: 39363886; PMCID: PMC11448165. Murphy PB, Coleman J, Karam B, Morris RS, Figueroa J, de Moya M. A national study defining 1.0 full-time employment in trauma and acute care surgery. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Apr 1;92(4):648-655. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003504. PMID: 34936589. Murphy PB, Coleman J, Maring M, Pokrzywa C, Deshpande D, Al Tannir AH, Biesboer EA, Morris RS, Figueroa J, de Moya M. Early career acute care surgeons' priorities and perspectives: A mixed-methods analysis to better understand full-time employment. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Dec 1;95(6):935-942. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004037. Epub 2023 Jun 15. PMID: 37418689. Smith RN, Freedberg M, Bailey J, DeMoya M, Goldberg A, Staudenmayer K. The importance and benefits of defining full-time equivalence in the field of acute care surgery. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Jul 4;9(1):e001307. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001307. PMID: 38974220; PMCID: PMC11227842. Robinson C, Lawless R, Zarzaur BL, Timsina L, Feliciano DV, Coleman JJ. Physiologic stress among surgeons who take in-house call. Am J Surg. 2019 Dec;218(6):1181-1184. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.08.023. Epub 2019 Sep 19. PMID: 31570199. Adi Kumar on Cold Steel: https://open.spotify.com/episode/52Hg2cCLGLZejD0QSfI9le?si=xSHFcSrPRdOOZ_RT_QWsAA
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