A Systematic Review of the Abdominal Surgeon's Personality: Exploring Common Traits in Western Populations.

ABSTRACT: The personality traits commonly seen in abdominal surgeons remains undefined, and its potential influence on decision-making and patient outcomes underexplored. This systematic review identified studies on abdominal surgeons who had undergone validated personality testing, with assessment of decision-making and post-operative patient outcomes. The study protocol was registered on PROSPERO (University of York, UK (CRD42019151375)). MEDLINE, Embase, PsycInfo and Cochrane Library databases were searched using the keywords: surgeon; surgeon personality; outcomes. All study designs were accepted including adult visceral surgeons published in English. Five articles from 3056 abstracts met our inclusion criteria and one article was identified from hand searches with two reviewers screening studie

SUBMITTER: Bisset CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7823302 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature