Medscape January 13, 2025
In the medical field, the term “resilience” routinely makes the rounds. Psychologists define it as the process of successfully adapting to adversity and emerging even stronger than before. When applied to the practice of medicine, the general idea is that the more resilient someone is, the less likely they are to experience one of the most urgent issues in healthcare: Burnout.
Everyone in medicine wants to think they can handle it all. Everyone tries.
Resilience training programs, offered by many institutions, aim to provide healthcare workers with the tools to better face and grow from the daily adverse experiences they encounter, thus protecting them from burnout.
It all sounds simple in theory. Reality is far more complicated.
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