Unmasking the Environmental Costs of In-Person General Surgery Residency Interviews.

Objective: As COVID-19 restrictions are eased, there has been a lively debate on whether residency recruitment interviews should be held virtually or in-person. However, environmental impact has rarely been a focus of this debate and only by inference from limited survey data. In this study, we aimed to estimate the carbon emissions generated from air-travel versus in-person interviews in the general surgery residency recruitment.

The Impact of Interactions with Nonsurgical Staff on the Surgical Resident Experience in the Nonoperative Clinical Learning Environment: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: Residents interact, collaborate with, and learn from nurses, advanced practice providers, and physicians in multiple specialties. Both positive and negative experiences in the clinical workspace can affect residents' well-being, their ability to learn, and their development into effective, independent physicians. The aim of this study is to evaluate the general surgery resident experience in the nonsurgical clinical learning environment to identify how interactions outside of the operating room affect resident well-being and their ability to learn.

Characterizing patterns of opioid prescribing after outpatient ventral hernia repair with mesh.

Purpose: Despite efforts to minimize opioid prescribing, outpatient ventral hernia repair (VHR) with mesh remains notoriously painful, often requiring postoperative opioid analgesia. Here, we aim to characterize patterns of opioid prescribing for the heterogenous group of patients and procedures that comprise mesh-based, outpatient VHR.

Methods: The Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative registry was queried for patients undergoing VHR with mesh who were discharged the same or next day between January 2019 to October 2023.

Otolaryngologist surgical preferences for orbital decompression in thyroid eye disease: A North American survey.

Background: Orbital decompression is recommended for TED especially in the treatment of severe, refractory cases yet there are no clear guidelines regarding the optimal surgical approach. Previously conducted surveys assessed variations in the management of TED but only amongst ophthalmologists. Our study attempts to better characterize surgical and perioperative preferences amongst otolaryngologists in the management of TED.

General surgery resident robotic training curriculum: evaluation six years after implementation.

Background: The surge of robotic surgery over the last decade emphasizes the need for a robotics curriculum during general surgery residency. We hypothesized that the implementation of a robotic surgery resident training curriculum would have a positive impact on the general surgery residency experience during and post-graduation.

Materials/methods: Current post-graduate year 1 through 5 residents and previously graduated residents were surveyed regarding their robotic curriculum experience during residency and post-graduation.