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ArticleJournal of the American College of Surgeons2021

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Lived Experience of Surgical Residents, Fellows, and Early-Career Surgeons in the American College of Surgeons.

Julia R Coleman, Jad M Abdelsattar, Roan J Glocker, RAS-ACS COVID-19 Task Force

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Article in Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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56citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Surgical trainee burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2023
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  5. Physician's Burnout during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Julia R ColemanDepartment of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, CO.
Jad M AbdelsattarDepartment of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
Roan J GlockerDepartment of Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Electronic address: roan_glocker@urmc.rochester.edu.
RAS-ACS COVID-19 Task Force
University of Colorado Denver · USUniversity of Rochester · USWest Virginia University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected surgical trainees' and early-career surgeons' professional and personal experiences, a survey of the membership of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Resident and Associate Society (RAS) and Young Fellows Association (YFA) was performed. STUDY

designAn anonymous online survey was disseminated to members of RAS and YFA. Descriptive analyses were performed and factors associated with depression and burnout were examined with univariate and multivariable stepwise logistic regression.

resultsOf the RAS/YFA membership of 21,385, there were 1,160 respondents. The majority of respondents (96%) reported the COVID-19 pandemic having a negative impact on their clinical experience, with 84% of residents reporting a > 50% reduction in operative volume and inability to meet minimum case requirements. Respondents also reported negative impacts on personal wellness. Nearly one-third reported inadequate access to personal protective equipment, and depression and burnout were pervasive (≥21% of respondents reported yes to every screening symptom). On multivariable analysis, female sex (odds ratio [OR] 1.54 for depression, OR 1.47 for burnout) and lack of wellness resources (OR 1.55 for depression, OR 1.44 for burnout) predicted depression and burnout. Access to adequate personal protective equipment was protective against burnout (OR 0.52).

conclusionsThese data demonstrate a significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of residents and early-career surgeons. Actionable items from these data include mitigation of burnout and depression through increasing personal protective equipment access and provision of wellness programs, with a particular focus on high-risk groups.

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PandemicsBurnout, ProfessionalCOVID-19Education, Medical, GraduateFemaleGeneral SurgeryHumansInternship and ResidencyJob SatisfactionMaleSARS-CoV-2SurgeonsUnited States

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PMID33069850
PMCPMC7561602
OpenAlexW3093306343

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