Exploring resilience in rural GP registrars–implications for training
This study, published in BMC Medical Education, explores perceptions of registrar’s resilience and strategies used to maintain resilience in rural general practice. The data elucidates four dichotomous tensions identified by GPs: (1) clinical caution versus courage; (2) flexibility versus persistence; (3) reflective practice versus task-focused practice; and (4) personal connections versus professional commitment. Furthermore, two additional themes emerged: personal skills for balance and resilience including optimistic attitude, self-reflection and metacognition and recognition of supervisors’ role in supporting and stretching their clinical resilience. The article concludes that limits of balancing professional tension are unique to each individual, and may be expanded through personal growth and professional development in rural general practice training.
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