This qualitative study delves into the world of academic surgeons, exploring how compensation structures, whether based on clinical productivity incentives or fixed salaries, impact their experiences. While incentivizing high-quality patient care, education, and innovation is the ideal aim, the interplay between compensation models and clinical activities, practice development, and surgeon well-being has remained uncharted territory. By examining the perceived implications, this study provides insights into the complex relationship between compensation and academic surgical practice.
Journal Article by Finn CB, Syvyk S (…) Kelz RR et 4 al. in JAMA Surg