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Thriving in scrubs: a qualitative study of resident resilience

Overview of attention for article published in Reproductive Health, March 2018
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Title
Thriving in scrubs: a qualitative study of resident resilience
Published in
Reproductive Health, March 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12978-018-0489-4
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Abigail Ford Winkel, Anne West Honart, Annie Robinson, Aubrie-Ann Jones, Allison Squires

Abstract

Physician well-being impacts both doctors and patients. In light of high rates of physician burnout, enhancing resilience is a priority. To inform effective interventions, educators need to understand how resilience develops during residency. A qualitative study using grounded theory examined the lived experience of resilience in residents. A cohort of obstetrics and gynecology residents were selected as a purposive, intensity sample.. Eighteen residents in all years of training participated in semi-structured interviews. A three-phase process of open coding, analytic coding and thematic analysis generated a conceptual model for resilience among residents. Resilience among residents emerged as rooted in the resident's calling to the work of medicine. Drive to overcome obstacles arose from personal identity and aspiration to professional ideals. Adversity caused residents to examine and cultivate coping mechanisms. Personal connections to peers and mentors as well as to patients and the work helped buffer the stress and conflicts that present. Resilience in this context is a developmental phenomenon that grows through engagement with uncertainty and adversity. Resilience in residents is rooted in personal and professional identity, and requires engagement with adversity to develop. Connections within the medical community, finding personal fulfillment in the work, and developing self-care practices enhance resilience.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 198 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 24 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 20 10%
Student > Bachelor 20 10%
Other 17 9%
Student > Master 14 7%
Other 40 20%
Unknown 63 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 52 26%
Psychology 26 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 19 10%
Social Sciences 5 3%
Engineering 4 2%
Other 17 9%
Unknown 75 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 October 2019.
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#2,402,299
of 23,031,582 outputs
Outputs from Reproductive Health
#245
of 1,424 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#53,782
of 330,033 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Reproductive Health
#13
of 46 outputs
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