San Francisco—In the hospitals and clinics where they care for patients, surgical trainees experience frequent mistreatment by patients and staff. A new study demonstrates the severe consequences of mistreatment of trainees: It is disproportionately directed at women, drives up rates of burnout, and triples the risk for suicidal thoughts.
Women, who are known to experience burnout and attrition at higher rates than their male colleagues, are subject to more frequent and