Women Surgeons' Experiences of Interprofessional Workplace Conflict.

Importance: Gender differences in interprofessional conflict may exist and precipitate differential achievement, wellness, and attrition in medicine.

Objective: Although substantial attention and research has been directed toward improving gender equity in surgery and addressing overall physician wellness, research on the role of interprofessional conflict has been limited. The objective of this study was to understand scenarios driving interprofessional conflict involving women surgeons, the implications of the conflict on personal, professional, and patient outcomes, and how women surgeons navigate conflict adjudication.

The Challenges of Providing Feedback to Referring Physicians After Discovering Their Medical Errors.

Background: Physicians are encouraged through formalized systems to discuss their own errors with peers for the purposes of quality improvement. However, no clear professional norms exist regarding peer review when physicians discover errors that occurred at other institutions before referral. Our objective was to determine specialist physicians' attitudes and practices regarding providing feedback to referring physicians when prereferral errors are discovered.

Complications of Delivery Among Mothers With Spina Bifida.

Objective: To determine rates and types of peripartum morbidity among delivering women with spina bifida (SB) compared to those without SB. The rates of pregnancy and delivery among women with SB have been significantly increasing. Current knowledge of peripartum outcomes for these women is limited.

Specialist Physicians' Attitudes and Practice Patterns Regarding Disclosure of Pre-referral Medical Errors.

Objective: Our objective was to determine specialist physicians' attitudes and practices regarding disclosure of pre-referral errors.

Summary Background Data: Physicians are encouraged to disclose their own errors to patients. However, no clear professional norms exist regarding disclosure when physicians discover errors in diagnosis or treatment that occurred at other institutions before referral.