Discrimination, abuse, harassment, and burnout in surgical residency training

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 381, Issue 18, 2019, Pages 1741-1752

  Hu, Yue Yung ^a,b   Ellis, Ryan J ^a,c   Hewitt, D Brock ^a,e   Yang, Anthony D ^a   Cheung, Elaine Ooi ^a   Moskowitz, Judith T ^a   Potts, John R ^d   Buyske, Jo ^f   Hoyt, David B ^c   Nasca, Thomas J ^d   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^d ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f American Board of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL SURGERY; HARASSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORKING TIME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX FACTOR;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85074305287     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1903759     Document Type: Conference Paper

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