Learning the ropes: strategies program directors use to facilitate organizational socialization of newcomer residents, a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many residents experience their transitions, such as from medical student to resident, as demanding and stressful. The challenges they face are twofold: coping with changes in tasks or responsibilities and performing (new) social roles. This process of 'learning the ropes' is known as Organizational Socialization (OS). Although there is substantial literature on transitions from the perspective of residents, the voices of program directors (PDs) who facilitate and guide residents through the organizational socialization process have not yet been explored. PDs' perspectives are important, since PDs are formally responsible for Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) and contribute, directly or indirectly, to residents' socialization process. Using the lens of OS, we explore

SUBMITTER: Galema G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8981951 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature