Forum Theatre to Address Peer-to-Peer Mistreatment in General Surgery Residency.

Objective: Mistreatment is widespread in graduate medical education, and much attention has been generated on this topic and its relationship to burnout in general surgery residency. In particular, peer-to-peer mistreatment poses a developmental dilemma - as junior residents find themselves mistreated and some turn around and perpetuate that mistreatment. There is a paucity of effective interventions.

Addressing Peer-to-Peer Resident Mistreatment Through the Use of Forum Theatre: A Pilot Intervention.

Problem: Residents may experience mistreatment by faculty, peers, nurses, or patients. While faculty are reportedly the primary contributors to mistreatment, residents can also be offenders, which merits study. Forum theatre (FT) is an experiential learning modality requiring a peer group to develop problem-solving strategies.

Lived Experiences of Mistreatment in a General Surgery Residency.

Objective: Explore the lived experiences of General Surgery residents to identify how they perceive, define mistreatment, and which factors can contribute to or mitigate mistreatment within the Clinical Learning Environment.

Design: This is a phenomenological study conducted during 2019-2020 using Giorgi's psychological descriptive phenomenology methodology. Researcher bias, trustworthiness, and triangulation were addressed using bracketing, check-ins with program leadership, comparisons to resident survey, and team consensus based on Consensual Qualitative Research.