Into the Unknown: Characterizing Fellow Uncertainty During the Transition to Unsupervised Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Helping fellows confront and manage uncertainty in the course of diagnosis and treatment of patients has been a growing focus of medical education. How these same fellows confront uncertainty as they make a transition in their professional development is less commonly a focus of training programs. Better understanding of how fellows experience these transitions will allow fellows, training programs, and hiring institutions to navigate transitions more easily.

Objective

This study aimed to explore how fellows in the United States experience uncertainty during the transition to unsupervised practice.

Methods

Using constructivist grounded theory, we invited participants to engage in semi-structured interviews exploring experiences with uncertainty as they navi

SUBMITTER: Herchline D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10150825 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature