Table 1 Categories and Code Members
From: Thriving in scrubs: a qualitative study of resident resilience
Major Categories | |
|---|---|
Being a Doctor | Central construct; includes thoughts about professional identity, passion for the work, and navigating the boundaries of personal versus professional life. |
Background | Family, influential early experiences, genesis of decisions to pursue career path |
Values | Perceptions and expectations of self and others, emphasis on altruism/pay it forward, responsibility, perfectionism, compassion. Reflections on spirituality and religion. |
Fuel | What drives you? Persistence, self-directedness, planning, positive attitude. Navigating challenges through looking forward to the future as well as backwards with pride in growth. Faith in the universe, reflections on control. |
Support System | Relationships within and without medicine support from family and significant other. Importance of teamwork and mentors, especially within the residency group itself. |
Attention to Self | Self-awareness, coping strategies, self-care. Reflection and meaning. Identity within medicine and as “normal people”. |
Tensions | Values conflicts, difficult clinical material in medicine, tensions within teams and other adversity. Death, end of life, burnout and strategies to attend to mental health. |