In this issue, I would like to mention about the main problems,
needs and realities for healthcare professionals and especially
for surgeons. Surgical residency is a difficult period for physicians
and there are lots of problems during this period. Education
and practice are the most important parts of surgical
residency. When a physician starts the residency period, he/
she wants to be the most capable and active doctor of their
branches. Enthusiasm lead physicians for working hard during
this period butthey alsoface different type of problems. Several
studies were reported in the literature that were indicating
the main difficulties of education and social problems. Also
lack of standardisation for education is the main problem in
most of the European countries and this problem causes lack
of confidence at the end of this education period. Surgical
residency needs this standardisation so that surgeons would
be more confident and capable after they become specialists.
After this education period, unfortunately the problems do
not end.
Doctors that have become specialists face different
type of problem seven they are academic or non-academic.
In almost all European countries, lack of academic positions
make doctor loose their enthusiasm and interest in academic
activities. For non-academics, it is nearly the same. When
they start to work in any place of their countries, they face different
type of problems. They cannot find enough devices or
instruments to show their experience they have gained during
their residency period. They do not get enough salaries
for satisfaction. In some countries, patients have prejudice for
doctors and they do not get satisfied with the health service
in hospitals.
After a time period, snowflakes are growing bigger
and doctors are getting unhappy and reluctant.
In most of the countries, Ministries of Health do not take
enough care of doctors and healthcare professionals. Bigger
and comprehensive studies must be conducted in order to reveal
the problems of these healthcare professionals so they will be happier and more successful doctors even they are
residents or specialists.
I wish happier academicians, happier doctors and as a result
happier patients within next year for all countries. Get up,
stand up and do not give up the fight!
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