Experiences of Residency Program Directors in Their Roles: Exploring Well-Being Through Burnout and Engagement

dc.contributor.advisorByram, Jessica N.
dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Kyle A.
dc.contributor.otherHayes, Cleveland
dc.contributor.otherAgosto, Elizabeth R.
dc.contributor.otherMcNulty, Margaret A.
dc.contributor.otherOrgan, Jason M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-22T13:50:39Z
dc.date.available2022-12-22T13:50:39Z
dc.date.issued2022-11
dc.degree.date2022en_US
dc.degree.discipline
dc.degree.grantorIndiana Universityen_US
dc.degree.levelPh.D.en_US
dc.descriptionIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)en_US
dc.description.abstractRecent literature on well-being of physicians in general, and residency program directors (PD) specifically, has demonstrated those meeting the criteria of burnout reaching almost 50% in physicians, and 20-30% in PDs. However, few studies have explored engagement, or the positive or meaningful aspects, in physicians and no studies have explored engagement in the PD and Assistant PD community. Therefore, this study employed a qualitative approach to explore the experiences of PDs and APDs as they encountered burnout, engagement, and every combination in between through their multifaceted, roles, responsibilities, and tasks embedded in their institutional context and personal lives. Phase 1 participants (n=3) included two PDs and one APD from Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). Participants in Phase 1 took part in three semi-structured interviews at 6-month intervals, and direct observations in their clinical, administrative, and education roles. Phase 2 participants (n=5) were PDs from IUSM who completed a single semi-structured interview based on preliminary results and exploration of Phase 1 participants’ experiences. Interviews and field notes from observations were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis, followed by a deductive application of Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory. Document analysis was incorporated to add context, understanding, and a rich description of the participants’ experiences. This study found multiple sub-themes situated within four major themes: It Takes a Village, Integration of the “Hats” They Wear, Motivation and the Meaning of Their Career, and Coping. Exploring the sub-themes to JD-R theory allowed contextualization of how job demands, job resources, personal resources, absence of resources, job crafting, recovery, self-undermining, and strain, interact to add context, nuance, and broader conceptualization of how PD and APD experienced their multifaceted roles. This study provides a rich description of the experiences of PDs and APDs embedded in their social context of roles, tasks, and responsibilities. These results indicated that understanding how the individual experiences their job demands as they interact with their experiences of job and personal resources, and how the individual proactively engages with their environment through job crafting and recovery enables for a nuanced appreciation of engagement and burnout.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/30792
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/3062
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectBurnouten_US
dc.subjectEngagementen_US
dc.subjectGraduate Medical Educationen_US
dc.subjectJob Demands-Resources theoryen_US
dc.subjectResidency Program Directorsen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.titleExperiences of Residency Program Directors in Their Roles: Exploring Well-Being Through Burnout and Engagementen_US
dc.typeDissertation
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