Open AccessSurgeon leadership style and risk-adjusted patient outcomes
Author(s) -
Sarah P. Shubeck,
Arielle Kanters,
Justin B. Dimick
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
surgical endoscopy/surgical endoscopy and other interventional techniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.457
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1432-2218
pISSN - 0930-2794
DOI - 10.1007/s00464-018-6320-z
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , personality , personality psychology , leadership style , big five personality traits , perioperative , constructive , surgery , general surgery , psychology , social psychology , paleontology , biology , process (computing) , computer science , operating system
There are many reasons to believe that surgeon personality traits and related leadership behaviors influence patient outcomes. For example, participation in continuing education, effective self-reflection, and openness to feedback are associated with certain personalities and may also lead to improvement in outcomes. In this context, we sought to determine if an individual surgeon's thinking and behavior traits correlate with patient level outcomes after bariatric surgery.