Challenges to wellbeing for General Practice trainee doctors: a qualitative study of their experiences and coping strategies.
dc.contributor.author | Ansell, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Read, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Bryce, Marie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-09T09:28:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-03-06 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0032-5473 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1469-0756 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15436 | |
dc.description | No embargo required | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Purposes of the study</jats:title><jats:p>To identify the challenges to well-being experienced by general practice postgraduate trainees and to explore how the trainees respond to those challenges.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study design</jats:title><jats:p>Qualitative focus group study with doctors in their final year of general practice training (n=16). The participants in the study were recruited from one training scheme in South West England. Data were thematically analysed.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Participants reported challenges to well-being relating to dysfunctional relationships with colleagues and patients, their workload, a perceived lack of support at work and also physical environmental challenges. They identified response strategies focused on cognitive processing, physical self-care, focusing on their professional purpose, building supportive relationships and adapting their working environment where possible. Additionally, there were factors that could support trainee well-being, including personal factors such as adaptability and self-awareness, but also external and organisational factors, such as culture, supportive colleagues and organisational adaptability in relation to workload management. The importance to trainees of the idea of being a ‘good doctor’ arose repeatedly in the data, as did the importance of the organisational environment. Participants reported finding their training placements in secondary care environments particularly challenging.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>This research highlights the strategies that general practice trainees use in response to challenges, but also that the responsibility for maintaining well-being cannot be borne by individuals alone. This study identifies that supportive approaches by healthcare organisations and educators are vitally important to general practitioner trainees’ well-being.</jats:p></jats:sec> | |
dc.format.extent | 325-330 | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | |
dc.subject | Medical education | |
dc.subject | Medical profession | |
dc.title | Challenges to wellbeing for General Practice trainee doctors: a qualitative study of their experiences and coping strategies. | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
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plymouth.issue | 1136 | |
plymouth.volume | 96 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Postgraduate Medical Journal | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-137076 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health/Peninsula Medical School | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA23 Education | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-02-07 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2020-3-10 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1469-0756 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-137076 | |
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-03-06 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |