Future surgeon: bridging the intergenerational gap

Huizing, Floortje; Sier, Vincent Q.; Tresfon, Jaco; Vorst, Joost R van der; Liem, Ronald; Schmitz, Roderick F.; Schepers, Abbey; Houwert, R Marijn; Vriens, M. R.; Snijders, H.S.; Blok, Joris J.

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“…Differences exist between the healthcare systems and governing policies between the UK and the Netherlands. Within an international context this may contribute, but is certainly not the only driver, to the cultures found within hospitals and individual departments, including the personality of role models, affecting the appetite to apply for a career in surgery [24,25]. Previous studies on surgeon personality have focused largely on identifying 'risk factors'…”

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Dissecting the surgeon's personality: cross‐cultural comparisons in Western Europe

Sier,

Bisset,

Tesselaar

et al. 2024

Colorectal Disease

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AimThe surgeon's personality contributes to variation in surgical decision‐making. Previous work on surgeon personality has largely been reserved to Anglo‐Saxon studies, with limited international comparisons. In this work we built upon recent work on gastrointestinal surgeon personality and aimed to detect international variations.MethodGastrointestinal surgeons from the UK and the Netherlands were invited to participate in validated personality assessments (44‐item, 60‐item Big Five Inventory; BFI). These encompass personality using five domains (open‐mindedness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and negative emotionality) with three subtraits each. Mean differences in domain factors were calculated between surgeon and nonsurgeon populations from normative data using independent‐samples t‐tests, adjusted for multiple testing. The items from the 44‐item and 60‐item BFI were compared between UK and Dutch surgeons and classified accordingly: identical (n = 16), analogous (n = 3), comparable (n = 12).ResultsUK (n = 78, 61.5% male) and Dutch (n = 280, 65% male) gastrointestinal surgeons had marked differences in the domains of open‐mindedness, extraversion and agreeableness compared with national normative datasets. Moreover, although surgeons had similar levels of emotional stability, country of work influenced differences in specific BFI items. For example, Netherlands‐based surgeons scored highly on questions related to sociability and organization versus UK‐based surgeons who scored highly on creative imagination (p < 0.0001).ConclusionIn a first cross‐cultural setting, we identified country‐specific personality differences in gastrointestinal surgeon cohorts across domain and facet levels. Given the variation between Dutch and UK surgeons, understanding country‐specific data could be useful in guiding personality research in healthcare. Furthermore, we advocate that future work adopts consensus usage of the five factor model.

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