A Values Affirmation Intervention to Improve Female Residents' Surgical Performance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female residents in surgical training may face stereotype threat. The awareness of negative stereotypes about surgical ability based on gender may heighten stress and thus reduce performance.

Objective

The main objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a brief stress-reducing writing exercise, known as a values affirmation, to mitigate the negative effects of stereotype threat on the performance of female surgical residents.

Methods

This is a randomized, controlled trial in which 167 residents were invited to participate. A total of 45 resident volunteers, including 18 women, were randomized to the affirmation condition or the no-affirmation condition. We administered a values affirmation intervention and measured clinical evaluations data

SUBMITTER: Salles A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4936856 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature