Table 1

Summary of studies analysing the impacts on surgeon's personal life
Personal Life
Improved
 No Change
 Worsen
Source
 Outcome
 Source
 Outcome
 Source
 Outcome
Basu et al, 2004[14]
A 68-item survey of plastic surgery residents (n = 12)
 Resident quality of life and morale had improved
 Gelfand et al, 2004[21]
Pre-post survey of residents (n = 37) and faculty members (n = 27)
 No changes in emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and personal accomplishment, no significant changes in residents burnout
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Chung et al, 2004[15]
Pre-post survey of surgical residents.
 Improvements in fatigue-related issues, more work satisfaction, improvement of lifestyle
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Kort et al, 2004[16]
Survey of general surgery residents (n = 164)
 Increased personal time and decreased fatigue at work, more time for family, senior residents were less enthusiastic than junior residents
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 _
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Stamp et al, 2005[17]
Pre-post survey of surgical residents (n = 28)
 More time for rest, time with family, and socializing
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Hutter et al, 2006[18]
Survey of surgical residents (n = 58) and surgical attending physicians (N = 58), web based MBI survey(Burnout)
 Decreased burnout scores, less emotional exhaustion, improved quality of life, increased motivation to work
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 _
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Immerman et al, 2007[19]
Survey of opinions and attitudes of orthopaedic residents (n = 976) and program directors (n = 85)
 There was an overall agreement that the quality of life had improved
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Schneider et al, 2007[20]
Pre-post evaluation of operative case logs, standardized scores, residents perception survey
 Substantial improvements of residents satisfaction and quality of life
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