Thriving in Residency: a Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While a great deal of research has brought attention to the issue of physician burnout in recent years, and resident physician burnout in particular, the topics of physician well-being, and by extension physician thriving, have been relatively understudied. Consequently, we propose a model of resident physician thriving. Objective To understand what factors contribute to a subjective sense of thriving among resident physicians.

Design

In this study, we conducted in-depth interviews from May 2020 through February 2021 with resident physicians to determine what factors have contributed to their sense of thriving in their careers as well as in their lives more generally. We used a snowball sampling technique to recruit participants. Validated instruments were used to

SUBMITTER: Hyman JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9202965 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature