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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedBamdad MC, Vitous CA, Rivard SJ
What we talk about when we talk about coping: a qualitative study of surgery resident's coping after complications and deaths.
The purpose of this study was to examine how surgery residents cope with negative patient outcomes including complications and death. There has been a dearth of scholarly work examining surgery resident coping strategies. The researchers included 28 mid-level and senior residents from 14 academic, community, and hybrid training programs across the United States to participate in interviews. The study found that residents described both internal and external strategies for how they cope with complications and deaths. Internal strategies included compartmentalization of emotions or experiences, thoughts of forgiveness, a sense of inevitability, and beliefs surrounding resilience. External strategies included support from colleagues and mentors, personal practices or rituals, such as exercise or psychotherapy, and commitment to change.
AHRQ-funded; HS000053; HS026772.
Citation: Bamdad MC, Vitous CA, Rivard SJ .
What we talk about when we talk about coping: a qualitative study of surgery resident's coping after complications and deaths.
Ann Surg 2023 Aug 1; 278(2):e422-e28. doi: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005854..
Keywords: Provider: Physician, Surgery, Mortality
Bamdad MC, Vitous CA, Rivard SJ
"You remember those days"-a qualitative study of resident surgeon responses to complications and deaths.
This qualitative study examined the impact of complications and deaths on surgery residents to facilitate development of improved support systems. Twenty-eight mid-level and senior residents (PGY3 and above) from 14 different training programs across the US were given semi-structured interviews. The interviewees described an initial emotional response of sadness, frustration, or grief. Simultaneously or soon after went through an examination period where they looked at how and why the outcome occurred with the goal of learning from it. The last phase was having a feeling of ownership, which was strengthened by involved in patient care and length of rotation.
AHRQ-funded; HS026772.
Citation: Bamdad MC, Vitous CA, Rivard SJ .
"You remember those days"-a qualitative study of resident surgeon responses to complications and deaths.
J Surg Educ 2022 Mar-Apr; 79(2):452-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.09.011..
Keywords: Surgery, Provider: Physician, Adverse Events, Mortality