The joy of surgery: how gender influences surgeons' experiences.

Introduction: Burnout in medicine is an epidemic, and surgeons are not immune. Studies often focus on negative factors leading to burnout, with less emphasis on optimizing joy. The purpose of this study, conducted by the SAGES Reimagining the Practice of Surgery Task Force, was to explore how gender may influence surgeon well-being to better inform organizational change.

The joy of surgery: how surgeons experience joy, time, and support.

Background: Burnout is a crisis in medicine, and especially in surgery it has serious implications not only for physician well-being but also for patient outcomes. This study builds on previous SAGES Reimagining the Practice of Surgery Task Force work to better understand how organizations might intervene to increase the "joy in surgery."

Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study utilizing a REDCap survey with closed-ended questions for data collection across 5 domains: facilitators of joy, support for best work, time for work tasks, barriers to joy, and what they would do with more time.

Effect of video-based self-reflection on intraoperative skills: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Background: The value of video-based self-assessment in enhancing surgical skills is uncertain. This study investigates the feasibility and estimates sample size for a full-scale randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of video-based self-assessment to improve surgical performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in trainees.

Methods: This parallel pilot randomized controlled trial included general surgery trainees performing supervised laparoscopic cholecystectomy randomized 1:1 to control (traditional intraoperative teaching) or intervention group (traditional teaching plus video-based self-assessment).

Experimental Parametric Study and Phenomenological Modeling of a Deformable Rolling Seismic Isolator.

This paper presents an extensive experimental study of a low-cost, high-performance seismic isolator comprising a deformable sphere rolling on concrete surfaces. Polyurethane spheres, with and without steel core, rolling on flat or spherical concrete plates, are investigated. Lateral cyclic tests under large displacements demonstrated a rolling friction coefficient between 3.