Disparities in Mentorship Impacting US Surgical Resident Education and Wellness
A survey of 6956 US surgical residents found that 66.8% reported meaningful mentorship, with non-white or hispanic residents less likely to report it. Senior residents were more likely to have meaningful mentorship. Residents with meaningful mentorship had higher rates of operative autonomy and lower rates of burnout, thoughts of attrition, and suicidality compared to those without. Efforts to improve mentorship for minority residents are crucial for optimizing education and wellness in residency training.
Female surgical trainees who lose a pregnancy face physical, mental, and professional harm, and most programs offer no clear support, according to a qualitative study of surgeons and trainees.
LGBTQ+ general surgery applicants use small signals to judge whether a residency program is psychologically safe, and some hide their identity to avoid being filtered out.
