Unveiling how medical educators conceptualise resilience: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical educators operate in high-pressure environments where resilience is critical to their well-being and professional effectiveness. Studies exploring how medical educators conceptualise resilience is limited, particularly outside Western contexts. As such, research investigating culturally-sensitive conceptualisations of resilience in an Asian context is overdue. This study addresses this gap by exploring how medical educators in Hong Kong (HK) conceptualise resilience, attending to the cultural and professional nuances that shape these understandings.

Method

Twenty medical educators teaching medical students, trainees and/or physicians at HK's two medical schools were recruited via email using maximum variation sampling. Semi-structured online interviews wer

SUBMITTER: Chan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403886 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature