Peer-Debriefing After Distressing Patient Care Events: A Workshop for Pediatric Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

When confronted with a distressing patient care event, physicians experience feelings of failure, inadequacy, and self-doubt that negatively impact emotional well-being and have been linked to burnout and premature exit from the medical profession. A need exists within the medical community for improved emotional processing of distressing patient care events, particularly for resident physicians at the beginning of their careers.

Methods

To encourage physicians to communicate as a means of initiating emotional processing after a distressing patient care event, a workshop was developed for pediatric residents providing training on a peer-debriefing model taken from the bereavement counseling literature. The workshop is designed to take 60 minutes, including dedic

SUBMITTER: McDermott A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354715 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature