ArticleReproductive health2018
Thriving in scrubs: a qualitative study of resident resilience.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Resident Physicians' Work-Related Emotional Experiences: A Scoping Review of Qualitative Research.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Pooled it
- What Are the Common Themes of Physician Resilience? A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Exploring staff experiences and perceptions of patient-perpetrated violence in hospital settings: A qualitative study.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- The roots of resilience.Canadian medical education journal · 2025Article
- Unveiling the interplay of medical professionalism, mental well-being and coping in medical students: a qualitative phenomenological study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of Hong Kong Medical Educators' Perspectives on Factors Influencing Their Resilience.Perspectives on medical education · 2025Article
- Gaining Respect and Mitigating Risk: A Qualitative Exploration of How New Attendings Navigate Interpersonal Relationships with Recent Resident Peers.Perspectives on medical education · 2024Article
- Total Antioxidant Capacity of Saliva and Its Correlation with pH Levels among Dental Students under Different Stressful Conditions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mediating role of resilience between learning engagement and professional identity among nursing interns under COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- How servant leadership predicts employee resilience in public organizations: a social identity perspective.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- A Review of Psychological Stress among Students and Its Assessment Using Salivary Biomarkers.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- "Going through the motions": A qualitative exploration of the impact of emergency medicine resident burnout on patient care.AEM education and training · 2022Article
- Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Resident Well-Being in a Community Teaching Hospital.Southern medical journal · 2022Article
- The Main Features of Resilience in Healthcare Providers: A Scoping Review.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2022Article
- The perceptions and experiences of doctors training in intensive care medicine on their personal resilience and strategies practiced to enhance resilience.Future healthcare journal · 2021Article
- The relationship between psychological resilience and burnout in Irish doctors.Irish journal of medical science · 2021Article
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- Development and validation of the medical professionals resilience scale.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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backgroundPhysician well-being impacts both doctors and patients. In light of high rates of physician burnout, enhancing resilience is a priority. To inform effective interventions, educators need to understand how resilience develops during residency.
methodsA qualitative study using grounded theory examined the lived experience of resilience in residents. A cohort of obstetrics and gynecology residents were selected as a purposive, intensity sample.. Eighteen residents in all years of training participated in semi-structured interviews. A three-phase process of open coding, analytic coding and thematic analysis generated a conceptual model for resilience among residents.
resultsResilience among residents emerged as rooted in the resident's calling to the work of medicine. Drive to overcome obstacles arose from personal identity and aspiration to professional ideals. Adversity caused residents to examine and cultivate coping mechanisms. Personal connections to peers and mentors as well as to patients and the work helped buffer the stress and conflicts that present. Resilience in this context is a developmental phenomenon that grows through engagement with uncertainty and adversity.
conclusionResilience in residents is rooted in personal and professional identity, and requires engagement with adversity to develop. Connections within the medical community, finding personal fulfillment in the work, and developing self-care practices enhance resilience.
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