Does 'one size fit all' in academic neurosurgery?

[6] Extrapolating these figures to India, it is estimated that 3.9 million people require a neurosurgical consultation and 2.3 million require neurosurgical operations every year in India. [...]assuming a balanced workload and an ideal access of patients to neurosurgical services, a neurosurgeon in...

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Published in:Neurology India 2018-09, Vol.66 (5), p.1526-1528
Main Authors: Rajasekar, Gopikrishnan, Vilanilam, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Management
Medical care
Neurosurgeons
Neurosurgery
Practice
Training
Workloads
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Summary:[6] Extrapolating these figures to India, it is estimated that 3.9 million people require a neurosurgical consultation and 2.3 million require neurosurgical operations every year in India. [...]assuming a balanced workload and an ideal access of patients to neurosurgical services, a neurosurgeon in India would need to perform about 1179 neurosurgical operations every year to meet this demand. [1] Resecting a meningioma may make an impact on one person's life, while researching safer means to do it, could help millions. Besides the scientific contribution, the fact that the research output is measurable in terms of various bibliometric measures (citations, research gate scores etc.) that add to the scholarship matrix of the authors and is extremely useful during departmental promotions, also remains undisputed. [...]they need to be bolstered and supported by measurable bibliometric achievements. [...]to measure up, surgeons perhaps need to be given time off from surgical work to perform pure, unadulterated and undistracted research pursuits, if institutional priorities and the surgical workload may permit.
ISSN:0028-3886
1998-4022
DOI:10.4103/0028-3886.241366