Understanding veterinary practitioners' responses to adverse events using a combined grounded theory and netnographic natural language processing approach.

ABSTRACT: Support that mitigates the detrimental impact of adverse events on human healthcare practitioners is underpinned by an understanding of their experiences. This study used a mixed methods approach to understand veterinary practitioners' responses to adverse events. 12 focus groups and 20 interviews with veterinary practitioners were conducted and analysed using grounded theory principles. Experiencing stress, externalising facts and feelings, morally contextualising events and catalysing personal and professional improvements were identified as components of practitioners' response. Natural language processing content analysis of posts regarding involvement in adverse events (n = 572) written by members of a veterinary member-only Facebook group was also performed, to categorise and count w

SUBMITTER: Gibson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620440 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature