Fengyan Yang^1,*, An Jiang^2,*, Bing Xu¹ , Kai Wei³ , Zhengyu Jiang⁴ , Jian Yu⁵ , Tianying Xu¹ , Yuming Sun³ , Mi  Li¹

¹Department of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. ²Teaching Evaluation Center, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China. ³Department of Anesthesiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of  Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China. ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical Center, Naval  Medical University, Shanghai 200050, China. ⁵Department of Health Statistics, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. 

^* The authors contribute equally.

Address correspondence to: Yuming Sun, Department of Anesthesiology, Eastern Hepatobiliary  Surgery Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, No. 225, Changhai Road,  Yangpu District, Shanghai 200438, China. Email: sunyuming0223@163.com; Mi Li, School of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical University, 168 Changhai Rd, Shanghai 200433, China. E-mail: limi@smmu. edu.cn.

Received September 9, 2024; Accepted January 7, 2025; Published April 1, 2025

Highlights 

● There is a shortage of anesthesiologists in China, and the occupation is not attractive enough. 

● The respondents were distributed in 30 provinces of China, and the overall satisfaction rate was 75.85±12.57. 

● Work stress and work hours influence on job satisfaction is not the lower the better. 

● Expanding the pathway and providing effective training for anesthesiologists will help to improve job satisfaction.