The ASA Committee on Practice Management has completed its sixth survey of graduating anesthesiology residents. The goal of the survey is to provide data about current trends in the anesthesiology job market. The committee hopes that graduating residents and their programs will find the data and trends interesting. In addition to providing information for graduating residents about job opportunities, it can be helpful to the residency program by providing market trends as well as helping them effectively mentor and refine the educational curriculum to best prepare residents for their careers in anesthesiology.
In May 2021, an electronic survey was sent to graduating anesthesiology residents nationwide through the ASA membership office. At the time of the survey, the membership office had 1,553 CA-3s, and the survey was sent to 1,499. Responses were collected from June through August 2021. A total of 74 residents (4.9% response rate) completed the survey, with...
