Lihan Chen
Education and visual neuroscience: A mini-review
PsyCh journal
many residents experience transitions medical student resident demanding stressful challenges face twofold coping changes tasks responsibilities performing new social roles process learning ropes known organizational socialization os although substantial literature transitions perspective residents voices program directors pds facilitate guide residents organizational socialization process yet explored pds perspectives important since pds formally responsible postgraduate medical education pgme contribute directly indirectly residents socialization process using lens os explored strategies pds use facilitate organizational socialization newcomer residents conducted semistructured interviews 17 pds different specialties used theoryinforming inductive data analysis study design comprising inductive thematic analysis deductive interpretation results lens os subsequently inductive analysis identify overarching insights identified six strategies pds used facilitate organizational socialization newcomer residents uncovered two overarching insights first pds varied extent planned guidance pds planned socialization explicit learning objective assigned residents tasks responsibilities accordingly making intended program outcome however socialization also facilitated social interactions workplace making unintended program outcome second pds varied extent adapted strategies newcomer residents pds used individualized strategies tailored individual residents needs skills particularly cases poor performance broaching discussing issue adjusting tasks responsibilities however pds also used workplace strategies requiring residents adjust workplace without much intervention often viewed implicit expectation pds used intentional unintentional strategies facilitate socialization residents may imply socialization occur irrespective pds strategy pds strategies varied individualcentered workplacecentered approach socialization research needed gain deeper understanding residents perceptions pds efforts facilitate socialization process transitions