Scholars@Duke
Rachel Brickman Atkinson

Rachel Brickman Atkinson

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Selected Publications

Real-Time Student Feedback on the Surgical Learning Environment: Use of a Mobile Application.

Journal Article J Surg Educ · June 2023 OBJECTIVE: Improvements to the medical student surgical learning environment are limited by lack of granular data and recall bias on end-of-clerkship evaluations. The purpose of this study was to identify specific areas for intervention using a novel real- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceived Discrimination Among Surgical Residents at Academic Medical Centers.

Journal Article J Surg Res · April 2022 BACKGROUND: Residents of color experience microaggressions in the work environment, are less likely to feel that they fit into their training programs, and feel less comfortable asking for help. Discrimination has been documented among surgical residents, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cultural Competency Curricula in US Graduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review.

Journal Article J Grad Med Educ · February 2022 BACKGROUND: Cultural competency training provides participants with knowledge and skills to improve cross-cultural communication and is required for all graduate medical education (GME) training programs. OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine what cul ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pregnancy During Surgical Training: Are Residency Programs Truly Supporting Their Trainees?

Journal Article J Surg Educ · 2022 OBJECTIVE: Despite recent national improvements in family leave policies, there has been little focus on program-level support for surgical trainees. Trainees who may require clinical duty adjustments during pregnancy, who experience pregnancy loss, or who ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Qualitative Analysis of Surgical Faculty and Surgical Resident Perceptions of Potential Barriers to Implementing a Novel Surgical Education Curriculum.

Journal Article J Surg Educ · 2021 OBJECTIVE: Sociocultural differences between patients and physicians affect communication, and suboptimal communication can lead to patient dissatisfaction and poor health outcomes. To mitigate disparities in surgical outcomes, the Provider Awareness and C ... Full text Link to item Cite

Surgeon presence and utilization of bariatric surgery in the United States.

Journal Article Surg Endosc · May 2020 BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery is the most effective long-term treatment for morbid obesity; however, it is under-utilized. This study examines the association between morbid obesity rates, bariatric surgeon presence, and utilization of bariatric surgery in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Concordance of Resident and Patient Perceptions of Culturally Dexterous Patient Care Skills.

Journal Article J Surg Educ · 2020 PURPOSE: Disparities in surgical care persist. To mitigate these disparities, we are implementing and testing the Provider Awareness and Cultural dexterity Toolkit for Surgeons (PACTS), a curriculum to improve surgical residents' cultural dexterity during ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gender disparities in award recipients from surgical specialty societies.

Journal Article Surgery · September 2019 INTRODUCTION: Women are underrepresented as recognition award recipients across several medical specialties. This phenomenon has not been investigated in surgery. This study investigates the prevalence of female award recipients among the major American su ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy: A Risk Factor for Short-Term Wound Complications after Radical Resection for Rectal Cancer?

Journal Article J Am Coll Surg · August 2016 BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT) for rectal cancer may increase wound complications after oncologic proctectomy. We aimed to assess the relationship between neoadjuvant RT and 30-day wound complications after radical surgery for rectal cancer. STU ... Full text Link to item Cite