A point prevalence study of current workforce and demographic patterns of CICM trainees with respect to full-time or less than full time status

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The secondary aim of this study are 1) to examine the reasons behind trainees’ requests to work full time or less than full time and 2) to examine barriers and challenges in obtaining less than full time work as an intensive care trainee

Inclusion criteria:

- Current CICM trainees (including trainees seconded to other specialties)

- Recent (<1 year) CICM graduates

Exclusion criteria

- Trainees working in ICU who not a part of the CICM training program

- CICM fellows of 1 year or more

Some questions will pertain to CICM training, others will pertain to current employment arrangements.

This project is independently funded and has been ethics approved (VicTRI-21387). The results of this research will be used by the investigators to describe the working patterns of CICM trainees, as well as supply versus demand of flexible training positions, as well as their barriers and facilitators . The results of the survey may be published alongside a broader article describing the CICM training and

The survey will take about 10 minutes of your time.

We have been careful to make sure that the questions in the survey do not upset you. However, if you are worried about any of the questions, you do not need to answer them.

Any information we collect and use during this research project will be treated as confidential. Only the researchers involved with this project and the Austin Health Ethics Committee can have access to this information.

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