The effects of mindfulness-focused mental performance coaching on a general surgery residency program

S Perez, B Alexander, AE Berndtson, S Blair… - The American Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Burnout is a proven challenge in surgeons and surgical trainees, associated
with higher rates of attrition compared to other medical specialties. Here we report the …

Increasing volume but declining resident autonomy in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: an inverse relationship

AJ Sehat, JB Oliver, Y Yu, A Kunac, DJ Anjaria - Surgical endoscopy, 2023 - Springer
Introduction With improved technology and technique, laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
(LIHR) has become a valid option for repairing both initial and recurrent inguinal hernia …

General Surgery Resident Complement and Operative Autonomy–Size Matters

Y Yu, A Kunac, JB Oliver, AJ Sehat… - Journal of Surgical …, 2022 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE Operative autonomy has progressively decreased for surgery residents. This
study investigates the effect of general surgery resident complement size at Veterans Affairs …

The domino effect: the impact of gender on operative self-efficacy

RM Jensen, A Anand, LDE Kearse… - Surgical Endoscopy, 2023 - Springer
Background Studies suggest that there are key differences in operative experience based
on a trainee's gender. A large-scale self-efficacy (SE) survey, distributed to general surgery …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing Different Pathways in Medical Education and Surgical Training: A Global Survey of Surgeons

A Bucknor, R Pedreira, D Bhat, M Zamani… - … Surgery–Global Open, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: Currently, interest in surgical careers is declining globally, whereas aging
populations are contributing to a rising demand for surgical procedures. Surgeons who …

Looking Beyond the Numbers: A Comparison of Operative Self-Efficacy, Supervision, and Case Volume in General Surgery Residency

RM Jensen, A Anand, LDE Kearse… - Journal of Graduate …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background A national survey of general surgery residents revealed significant self-
assessed deficits in preparation for independent practice, with only 7.7% of graduating …

General surgery resident complement and operative autonomy-size matters

DJ Anjaria, A Kunac, JB Oliver - Journal of surgical … - scholarship.libraries.rutgers.edu
OBJECTIVE: Operative autonomy has progressively decreased for surgery residents. This
study investigates the effect of general surgery resident complement size at Veterans Affairs …