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ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2016

Resilience of primary healthcare professionals working in challenging environments: a focus group study.

Catriona Matheson, Helen D Robertson, Alison M Elliott, Lisa Iversen, Peter Murchie

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Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. What Are the Common Themes of Physician Resilience? A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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Catriona MathesonAcademic Primary Care, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
Helen D RobertsonAcademic Primary Care, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
Alison M ElliottAcademic Primary Care, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
Lisa IversenAcademic Primary Care, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
Peter MurchieAcademic Primary Care, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe modern primary healthcare workforce needs to be resilient. Early research framed professional resilience as avoiding 'burnout'; however, more recent literature has introduced the concept of positive adaptation to professional challenges, which results in individuals thriving in their role.

aimTo explore what primary health professionals working in challenging environments consider to be characteristics of resilience and what promotes or challenges professional resilience. DESIGN AND

settingA qualitative focus group in north east Scotland.

methodFive focus groups were held with 20 health professionals (six GPs, nine nurses, four pharmacists, and a practice manager) based in rural or deprived city areas in the north east of Scotland. Inductive thematic analysis identified emerging themes.

resultsPersonal resilience characteristics identified were optimism, flexibility and adaptability, initiative, tolerance, organisational skills, being a team worker, keeping within professional boundaries, assertiveness, humour, and a sense of self-worth. Workplace challenges were workload, information overload, time pressures, poor communication, challenging patients, and environmental factors (rural location). Promoters of professional resilience were strong management support, teamwork, workplace buffers, and social factors such as friends, family, and leisure activities.

conclusionA model of health professional resilience is proposed that concurs with existing literature but adds the concept of personal traits being synergistic with workplace features and social networks. These facilitate adaptability and enable individual health professionals to cope with adversity that is inevitably part of the everyday experience of those working in challenging healthcare environments.

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Focus GroupsPrimary Health CareResilience, PsychologicalAdaptation, PsychologicalAttitude of Health PersonnelHealth PersonnelHumansInterprofessional RelationsQualitative ResearchScotlandWorkplacehealth professionalsmultiple deprivationprimary carequalitative researchresilience, psychological.rurality

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PMID27162205
PMCPMC4917054

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