In this issue of JAMA Surgery, Williford et al¹ report that general surgery residents in North Carolina demonstrated signs and symptoms of burnout (75%) and depression (40%). This finding is probably not different in other states and other general surgery programs. This is not news for many of us, because burnout and depression have been identified as problems with surgeons since 2009.² The unique finding in this study is that the perception by general surgery residents and faculty members was significantly better than what was found to be true. Why would that be? We are great clinicians; why can we not see this in each other?

在本期《美国医学会杂志》上，Williford等人¹报告说，北卡罗来纳州的普通外科医师表现出倦怠（75％）和抑郁（40％）的体征和症状。在其他州和其他普通外科手术计划中，这一发现可能没有什么不同。对于我们中的大多数人来说，这不是什么新闻，因为自2009年以来，疲倦和抑郁症已被确定为外科医生的问题^。2这项研究的独特发现是，普通外科住院医师和教职员工的感觉明显好于被发现的事实。真的。为什么会这样呢？我们是伟大的临床医生；为什么我们看不到彼此？