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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Surgical Training
  • Student Attitudes

Background:

  • Medical students often harbor negative attitudes toward surgeons before their clerkship.
  • These preconceptions can negatively influence the clerkship experience and future career decisions.
  • Negative attitudes toward surgical colleagues may persist into professional practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To qualitatively analyze medical student essays to understand their perceptions of surgeons.
  • To identify themes and patterns in student views regarding surgical professionals.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective qualitative review of 626 essays from medical students on surgical clerkship (April 2017-May 2023).
  • Content analysis by two investigators to code essays as positive, negative, or neutral regarding surgeons.
  • Identification of nine main themes related to student perceptions of surgeons.

Main Results:

  • Nearly half (49%) of essays discussed perceptions of surgeons.
  • A majority of these (54%) expressed negative perceptions, while 46% were positive.
  • Key themes included surgeon traits, stereotypes, decision-making, communication, honesty, patient-centricity, trust, informed consent, and operating room professionalism.

Conclusions:

  • A significant portion of medical students hold negative perceptions of surgeons.
  • Identifying these perceptions enables targeted guidance by surgical educators.
  • Addressing negative views can enhance surgical workforce recruitment and interdisciplinary collaboration.