Assessing residents in surgical ethics: we do it a lot; we only know a little.

Background: PGY-1 year of surgical residency brings together many persons of disparate experiences and educational backgrounds, including their exposure to ethics. We hypothesized that surgical PGY-1s would have a similar exposure to ethical scenarios but lack the confidence in practice and understanding of ethical principles compared with more senior residents.

Materials And Methods: Surgical residents were invited to resident-initiated surgical ethics workshops utilizing a standardized text.