Thread by @JasonHanMD

During surgical residency, I saw that we can unintentionally and unknowingly perpetuate certain norms, which can be unhealthy

This includes doing or not doing something, saying or not saying something.

Here are 5 things that I have since become aware of 🧵//

1. Sending non-urgent work messages overnight and during weekends can perpetuate a lack of work-life boundaries

Even if your intention is to get stuff done whenever you can, this sends a message that no hours are off limits to others!

Try to schedule them for the morning.

2. Posting all of your publications, awards, and grants on social media can perpetuate a collective anxiety in all of us about not being productive enough.

Of course, it’s something to celebrate, but let’s be mindful how other people reading this can feel if we all do this

3. Sharing our successful feats but not complications can perpetuate a culture where we all try to hide our mistakes.

If you get the impression that everyone else except you are not messing up, would you feel safe in disclosing your complications?

4. Promoting how much you’re working overtime can perpetuate a culture where we feel weak or lazy for working normal hours

If your colleagues are constantly talking about working late and sleeping little, how do you feel about going home early even when nothing is going on?

5. Overstating your preparedness to do something can perpetuate a culture where we feel the need to project confidence no matter what

Do you want a culture where people feel like confidence is more important than competence?

Like these examples, what we say and do can perpetuate certain norms that ultimately affect all of us.

Can you think of any examples? #medtwitter #surgtwitter @AspiringCTS @modern_surgeon