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Table 1 Take-home point: factors negatively affecting resident well-being

From: A year in transition: a qualitative study examining the trajectory of first year residents’ well-being

Factor

Description

Team support

-Weak orientation

-Difficult to approach

-Unavailable

-Gives discouraging feedback

-Poor effort at teaching

-Unclear expectations

-Little interest in resident as a person

-Few or no social activities

Workplace demands

-Long work hours

-Call stressors

-Patient care overwhelming due to complexity or number of patients

-Negative patient outcomes

Confidence and competency

-Concerns that skills may fall short of rotation expectations

-Affected by frequently changing rotations

-Imposter syndrome

Learning opportunities

-Less learning on service heavy rotations

-Few learning opportunities negatively influenced motivation

-Short staffing often contributing to scut work