The MICROSCOPE Project

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Conditions studied: Early Career Surgeons, Mental Wellbeing, Patients Outcomes, Mentorship, Surgical Coaching, Intra-operative Consultation

In brief

This multicenter observational prospective study aims to explore the impact of peri-operative support measures (mentorship or coaching or intraoperative consultation) on the mental well-being of early career surgeons. Furthermore sub-analyses will be conducted to explore the impact that surgeons mental wellbeing related to different support measures could have on patients' outcomes

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07153224

Run by

Niguarda Hospital

People needed

340

Starts

2026-06-01

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients (≥18 years) treated for abdominal general surgical conditions in the emergency or elective setting or for thoraco-abdominal traumatic diseases. The list of surgical procedures is reported in the Supplementary Material 1
• Surgeries performed in elective, trauma, or emergency general surgery care

You may not qualify if…

• Patients operated by surgeons who completed general surgery residency more than 10 years before the study start date
• Pediatric patients < 18 years of age
• Patients or surgeons not willing to give their consent to participate

Where it is running

• ASST GOM Niguarda — Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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