# The Surgical Education Culture Optimization Through Targeted Interventions Based on National Comparative Data - "The SECOND Trial"

> **NCT03739723** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Indiana University** · enrollment: 215 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Surgical Residency
- Workplace Culture
- Mistreatment
- Burnout

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Resource allocation to improve surgical learning environments

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03739723
- **Lead sponsor:** Indiana University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2019-06-01
- **Primary completion:** 2024-07-01
- **Final completion:** 2024-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 215 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-15

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03739723

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03739723, "The Surgical Education Culture Optimization Through Targeted Interventions Based on National Comparative Data - "The SECOND Trial"". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03739723. Licensed CC0.

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