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THE 2023 OTOLARYNGOLOGY WORKFORCE

METHODOLOGY

Methodology

This process yielded a total of 1,650 unique responses, which is broken down as follows:

The 2023 Otolaryngology Workforce Survey questions were designed by the Task Force in spring 2023 and separated into module categories of interest. The Academy partnered with Cvent in summer 2023, which programmed the questions into an online survey with logic formatting. The 2023 Workforce Survey was released to the Academy membership on September 20, 2023, and was closed on November 13, 2023. During this time, five notification emails were sent to members who had not completed the survey. Other marketing efforts included posts on the Bulletin and OTO News . In an attempt to capture more resident responses this year, we partnered with the Society of University Otolaryngologists (SUO), that disseminated a survey reminder with the survey link to its members for broader resident dissemination. Further, each program director was individually emailed with a survey reminder and link to forward to residents/ fellows for completion. The raw data were downloaded after the survey was closed and stored on a secured server with password protection. 2,081 responses were logged, but these included redundant responses and those who clicked on the link and entered no information. After eliminating responses from those clicking on the survey link and entering no information, this yielded 1,797 responses. Redundancy checks were then performed using a combination of demographic information to ensure a single survey response per individual. The prioritization of redundancy checks was to first keep the record with the most questions answered followed by keeping the first recorded response where question completion rates were the same/similar. Those selecting “Other” in the demographics description category of work were recategorized as active practice or retired if clearly indicating this in their “Other” description.

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Fellows Retirees Residents Actively Practicing Otolaryngologists in the United States/Protectorates

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Once the redundancy checks were performed, all identifiable data were deleted and the file was saved for further modifications and analysis. Not all unique responses indicated fully completed surveys. When analyzing each question, blank/no responses were excluded. This allowed us to capture data from partially completed surveys for any question that was answered. From the above categories we only performed analyses on Retirees, Residents, and those in Active Practice. Despite having 28 Fellow responses, we did not have robust data to describe each fellowship further. Generally speaking, 10 responses was used as a cut-off for inclusion in a chart/table. Where free text responses were allowed, categories were manually created by one of the study’s authors, Andrew J. Tompkins, MD, MBA, based on those responses, and all responses were then reviewed and placed into either a predetermined category or newly created category. Where income amounts were described, if median or 25th/75th percentiles did not fall cleanly on an income boundary of the $25K ranges, the midpoint was used within that $25K range.

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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY–HEAD AND NECK SURGERY