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Informal hospital culture has long considered surgical residents to be among the most overworked and generally unhappy employees. Still, for all the recent surge of studies on professional burnout, little quality research has targeted this at-risk group. In January 2018, a multiple-choice survey focused on mistreatment and burnout was appended to the American Board of Surgery in-service exam that is required for all U.S. general surgery residents.
Of 7409 respondents — virtually all clinically active residents in the country's 262 accredited training programs — about half reported having been mistreated at some time during residency. Thirty percent reported verbal or emotional abuse, 32% reported sex discrimination, and 10% reported sexual h…