Experience of enhanced near-peer support for new medical graduates of an Irish university: a phenomenological study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Factors contributing to the stressful transition from student to doctor include issues with preparedness for practice, adjusting to new status and responsibility, and variable support. Existing transitional interventions provide inconsistent participation, responsibility and legitimacy in the clinical environment. Enhanced support by near peers for new doctors may ease the transition. Irish medical graduates of 2020 commenced work early, creating an unprecedented period of overlap between new graduates and the cohort 1 year ahead.

Objective

To explore the experience of commencing practice for these new doctors with this increased near-peer support.

Design

We used interpretive phenomenological analysis as our methodological approach, informed by the cognitive a

SUBMITTER: Coakley N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163558 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature