Negative Perceptions of Surgeons among Preclinical Medical Students

Abstract

inadequate staffing (fewer nurses and residents available), job control (frequent reassignment), and time pressure (increased daily tasks). Stressors thought to emerge since COVID-19 included moral distress (fear of infecting family members), physical work environment (lack of safely distanced workspaces), and guilt (reporting exposures and worsening peer workload during quarantines).CONCLUSION: Since COVID-19, surgical residents continue to demonstrate high levels of burnout, as their well-being is being affected by a complex set of interrelated workplace stressors, causing a lower quality of work and personal distress. Interventions to deal with pandemic-related stress are needed.