How Internal Medicine Residents Deal with Death and Dying: a Qualitative Study of Transformational Learning and Growth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dealing with death and dying is one of the most common sources of work-related stress for medical trainees. Research suggests that the degree of psychological distress that students and residents feel around providing care for terminally ill patients generally decreases as training progresses. However, there is a dearth of literature that directly addresses how trainees learn to manage emotions and process grief when patients die.

Objective

To gain insight into medical resident experiences in caring for the dying, including the role of training level and use of support networks and coping strategies to manage personal reactions to patient death.

Design

A thematic analysis of focus group interviews was conducted, and patterns that reflected resident coping a

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9551156 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature