I won't talk specifically about salaries, but I will bring two questions to the importance of retention.
One is that many pediatricians and subspecialists in the university hospitals have tasks other than caring for patients. They have to teach the next generation of pediatricians and teach family doctors about pediatrics. They have to do research, because we're responsible for generating new knowledge. That part needs to be taken into account when we're thinking how much we pay those who are in university hospitals. That's number one.
Number two is that the major complaint I hear from my colleagues about pursuing their careers is the lack of multidisciplinary help. It's the lack of the other professionals they need to do their job, like nutritionists, nurses and respiration therapists. There is such a lack of all these professionals. They are essential to do the care that every specialist needs to do. It's burning them out.
Burning out is when you can't do the job you're supposed to do and you want to do it.