"I Wish They Had Asked": a Qualitative Study of Emotional Distress and Peer Support During Internship.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interns are vulnerable to emotional distress and burnout. Little is known about the extent to which interns' well-being can be influenced by peer support provided by their senior residents.

Objective

To elucidate contributors to interns' emotional distress and ways that peer support from senior residents may impact intern well-being.

Design

Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews conducted December 2017-March 2018.

Participants

Second year residents (n = 11) in internal medicine at a major academic medical center during the data collection period.

Approach

Constructivist grounded theory approach in which transcripts were analyzed in an iterative fashion using constant comparison to identify themes and to create a conceptual model.

SUBMITTER: Moore KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7728891 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature