"With Great Responsibility Comes Great Uncertainty".

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uncertainty is inherent in medicine, and trainees are particularly exposed to the adverse effects of uncertainty. Previous work suggested that junior residents seek to leverage the support of supervisors to regulate the uncertainty encountered in clinical placements. However, a broader conceptual framework addressing uncertainty experience, from the sources of uncertainty to residents' responses, is still needed.

Objective

To capture the spectrum of uncertainty experiences in medical residents, providing an integrative framework that considers the influence of specialties and training stages on their experience with clinical uncertainty.

Design

We used Hillen's uncertainty tolerance framework to conduct a thematic template analysis of individual and focus g

SUBMITTER: Belhomme N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780003 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature