Workplace Bullying of General Surgery Residents by Nurses

Systematic review of the prevalence, impact and mitigating strategies for bullying, undermining behaviour and harassment in the surgical workplace

“…). A summary of the key findings from each of the 32 included papers is shown in Table S1 (supporting information).…”

“…Countries of study origin included Australia, Canada, China, Greece, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ireland, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK and the USA. The studies were published between 1996 and 2017 inclusive.…”

“…The mean sample size was 1268 (range 20–21 095), and included nurses, allied health professionals, medical students and surgeons. In terms of methodology, 29 studies used cross‐sectional surveys, one used semistructured interviews, and two tested interventions. Twenty‐two studies reported the prevalence of BUBH, 11 investigated the impact of these behaviours and six considered strategies to tackle them.…”

Ebola, Team Communication, and Shame: But Shame on Whom?

“…Health professionals also report being bullied by each other. Residents and medical students report being routinely harassed by nurses during their training years, sometimes in cruel and demeaning ways (Crutcher et al 2011;Fnais et al 2014;Schlitzkus et al 2014). Nurses report experiencing incivility from physicians (Brewer et al 2013;Laschinger 2014;Tang et al 2013).…”

Re: Wound tension and ‘closability’ with keystone flaps, V‐Y flaps and primary closure: a study in fresh‐frozen cadavers

“…We feel that bullying of a surgical resident by different perpetrators shall result in deterioration of interest in this specialty for the undergraduates, who look up to their seniors and peers in search of a career which is professionally and personally productive with minimal stress. [1][2][3][4] We appreciate the effort of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 'Let's operate with respect campaign' initiative to curb bullying. 2 Moreover, we feel acts such as ragging or bullying in any form should be avoided and the plea against ragging or bullying should be incorporated in surgeon's oath of different surgical societies.…”