Transforming narratives of physician identity formation and healing: a longitudinal qualitative study of physicians’ stories about spirituality and medicine, from residency to practice
Physicians' longitudinal spiritual-care stories provide new insights into their professional/personal development. Reflection on spiritually impactful moments, both distressing and uplifting, may trigger transformative learning towards meaning-making, resilience, burnout prevention and positive physician identity formation.
Authors
- Gowri Anandarajah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-1958)
- Meera Mennillo
- Achutha Srinivasan
- Georgia Sleeth
Institutions
- University of Rhode Island (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Brown University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06788-6
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45