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  Now we have p-values and 95% confidence intervals to suggest (and only suggest) : When you mistreat medical students, they burn out, stop caring about their patients, and question every life decision that led them here.  Groundbreaking. Evidence Highlights   🔥 Burnout:  Students who reported mistreatment more than once had Exhaustion: β = 1.81, p < .001.  A whole extra point on the burnout scale. Clinically and statistically significant. 👀  Disengagement: β = 0.71, p < .001. That empty stare in lecture is measurable. 👀 💔 Empathy Loss For each 1-point drop in emotional climate, empathy scores dropped β = –0.13, p < .001. Toxic environments literally reduce empathy.  Poor faculty interaction also correlated with empathy loss: β = –0.07, p < .001. So yes, a sarcastic attending and passive-aggressive evaluations can actually alter brain chemistry (citation: this study and life in general). 😞 Career Regret:  Students exposed to ...