Advancing Equity and Inclusion: The Power of Flexible Scheduling and Alternative Staffing Models in Academic Anesthesiology.

In academic anesthesiology, flexible schedules help to promote inclusivity, decrease burnout, increase physician engagement, address labor shortages, and allow for pursuit of academic interests. A flexible work arrangement includes: flexibility in the scheduling of hours worked, flexibility in the number of hours worked, and flexibility in the trajectory of an academic career. Academic departments should consider incorporating flexibility to create a diverse and sustainable workforce in the field of anesthesiology.

Pro-Con Debate: Anesthesiologists Should Be Responsible for Treating Preoperative Anemia.

In this Pro-Con commentary article, we discuss whether anesthesiologists should be responsible for treating preoperative anemia. This debate was proposed based on the article published in this issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia by Warner et al, which is an advisory on managing preoperative anemia endorsed by both the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the Society for Advancement of Patient Blood Management. All evidence suggests that anemia is not just an innocent "bystander" which can be solved by transfusion.

The impact of hindsight bias on the diagnosis of perioperative events by anesthesia providers: A multicenter randomized crossover study.

Study Objective: Hindsight bias is the tendency to overestimate the predictability of an event after it has already occurred. We aimed to evaluate whether hindsight bias influences the retrospective interpretation of clinical scenarios in the field of anesthesiology, which relies on clinicians making rapid decisions in the setting of perioperative adverse events.

Design: Two clinical scenarios were developed (intraoperative hypotension and intraoperative hypoxia) with 3 potential diagnoses for each.