Fake it 'til you make it: pressures to measure up in surgical training.

Patel P, Martimianakis MA, Zilbert NR, et al. Acad Med. 2018;93:769-774.

Semi-structured interviews of 15 surgical residents revealed that surgical trainees may feel pressured to exhibit certain characteristics they perceive as consistent with the ideal surgical personality. The authors suggest that trainee education should acknowledge the impact of the sociocultural context of the surgical environment on trainees.

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