Leadership in General Surgery Residency: The Impact as Seen by Former Program Directors

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Journal of Surgical Education Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.103322

Shelley Jain MD , Christie Buonpane MD , Ryan Shabahang , Rahul Kashyap MD , Mohsen Shabahang MD, PhD

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

The position of general surgery residency program director (GSPD) has been well defined by governing bodies as an important educational role. Its impact on the individuals themselves has not been studied extensively. We aimed to examine the individual and professional impact of the role of GSPDs as seen by former program directors of general surgery residency programs.

DESIGN

This Institutional Review Board (IRB) exempt study conducted semi structured virtual interviews from May– September 2023 with former GSPDs. The research team consisted of 5 members who transcribed the interviews, coded the responses, and conducted a thematic analysis in an iterative consensus process. Final themes and subthemes were generated and representative quotes were selected.

SETTING

This study was conducted virtually at Wellspan York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, a level-1 trauma center and community teaching hospital.

PARTICIPANTS

A total of 19 former GSPDs were recruited via purposeful sampling and snowballing. All 19 participants completed the study interview.

RESULTS

GSPD responses were found to have 5 recurring themes and several subthemes. The themes included 1) Development as a leader, 2) Relationship building, 3) Proficiencies needed as a program director, 4) Transactional aspects, 5) Transformational aspects.

CONCLUSION

Leading a general surgery residency program is an extremely impactful position that develops pivotal leadership skills, requires many proficiencies, relies on relationship building, and has aspects that are transactional and transformational. Holding the position of program director creates both personal fulfillment while 1 holds the position and has a positive professional impact in the subsequent stages of their career as a surgical educator.

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普外科住院医生的领导力：前项目主任眼中的影响。

目的：普通外科住院医师项目主任（GSPD）的职位已经被管理机构很好地定义为一个重要的教育角色。它对个体本身的影响尚未得到广泛研究。我们的目的是研究前普外科住院医师项目主任所看到的gspd角色对个人和专业的影响。设计：这项机构审查委员会（IRB）豁免研究于2023年5月至9月对前gspd进行了半结构化的虚拟访谈。研究小组由5名成员组成，他们记录采访，编码回答，并在迭代共识过程中进行主题分析。生成最终主题和子主题，并选择有代表性的引语。环境：本研究在宾夕法尼亚州约克的韦尔斯班约克医院进行，这是一家一级创伤中心和社区教学医院。参与者：通过有目的的抽样和滚雪球的方式，共招募了19名前gspd。所有19名参与者都完成了研究访谈。结果：发现GSPD反应有5个重复主题和几个子主题。主题包括1)作为领导者的发展，2)建立关系，3)作为项目主管所需的熟练程度，4)交易方面，5)转型方面。结论：领导普通外科住院医师项目是一个非常有影响力的职位，需要培养关键的领导技能，需要许多熟练程度，依赖于建立关系，并且具有交易性和变革性的方面。担任项目主任的职位既能让我在担任该职位时获得个人成就感，也能对他们作为外科教育工作者的职业生涯的后续阶段产生积极的专业影响。

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Journal of Surgical Education EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-SURGERY

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

10.30%

发文量

261

审稿时长

48 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Surgical Education (JSE) is dedicated to advancing the field of surgical education through original research. The journal publishes research articles in all surgical disciplines on topics relative to the education of surgical students, residents, and fellows, as well as practicing surgeons. Our readers look to JSE for timely, innovative research findings from the international surgical education community. As the official journal of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS), JSE publishes the proceedings of the annual APDS meeting held during Surgery Education Week.