169432 20260227133540.0 doi 10.1007/s40596-018-0981-8 sideral 110899 ART-2019-110899 eng Pérez-Álvarez, C. Resident Physicians as Patients: Perceptions of Residents and Their Teaching Physicians 2019 Objective: This study aims to broaden understanding into the process by which resident physicians deal with illness and to identify areas for improvement regarding healthcare of residents and teaching physicians training to support them adequately. Methods: A qualitative study of ten semi-structured interviews with residents who had suffered a serious illness and a focus group of teaching physicians were conducted. Analysis of the interview transcripts was performed using the grounded theory approach, with information divided into five categories: Differences between residents as patients and general patients; confidentiality; feelings and attitudes; learning from illness; and impact on work and training. Results: There are differences between residents and the general population: In the initial stage, diagnosis is made promptly with preferential treatment shown by colleagues. Subsequently, the lack of clear guidelines can lead to poor follow-up. They accept a loss of confidentiality in the process. One of the most serious concerns felt by residents is the impact of their illness on their training as specialists, meaning that teaching physicians are charged with the important role of guaranteeing the resident’s proper recovery, return to work, and readaptation to the training program. Teaching physicians demand their own training be reinforced in these aspects. Conclusion: There is a need to assess the great diversity observed in training-related decisions made by teaching physicians when residents fall ill. Given the differences observed, more research is required to improve the care provided to sick residents and particularly the teaching physicians training to handle them. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII PI18-00968 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 2.148 2019 PSYCHIATRY 64 / 140 = 0.457 2019 Q2 T2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 75 / 263 = 0.285 2019 Q2 T1 0.566 2019 Education 2019 Q2 Psychiatry and Mental Health 2019 Q2 Medicine (miscellaneous) 2019 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Gallego-Royo, A. Marco-Gómez, B. Martínez-Boyero, T. Altisent, R. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9678-9688 Delgado-Marroquín, M.T. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7607-3199 Astier-Peña, M.P. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3192-7672 1007 610 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm. Area Medicina 43, 1 (2019), 67-70 Acad. psychiatry ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY 1042-9670 379871 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/169432/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2339102 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/169432/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:169432 articulos driver 2026-02-27-12:35:31 ARTICLE