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  • Psychological science
  • Surgical education

Background:

  • Growing interest in psychological science's role in surgery.
  • Challenge in identifying relevant psychological content for surgical training.
  • Need to assess surgeons' perceptions of essential psychological topics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Assess practicing surgeons' views on important psychological topics.
  • Evaluate surgeons' self-assessed mastery of these psychological topics.
  • Identify key areas for psychological training in surgical careers.

Main Methods:

  • Generated a list of surgery-related psychological topics from literature and experience.
  • Subject matter experts reviewed the topic list.
  • Attending surgeons rated topic importance and mastery (0-7 scale).

Main Results:

  • Twenty-three surgeons across various subspecialties participated.
  • Top-rated topics included coping with difficult events, communication, leadership, and performance skills.
  • Surgeons rated psychological topics as highly important, but mastery levels were significantly lower than importance ratings.

Conclusions:

  • Practicing surgeons identify numerous psychological topics as crucial for surgical practice.
  • A significant gap exists between perceived importance and self-assessed mastery of psychological skills.
  • Findings indicate a clear need for structured psychology training for surgeons and residents.