Factors influencing novice supervisors’ trust decisions in postgraduate family medicine training: a qualitative study
Novice supervisors build trust incrementally through experience, observation, and relational engagement, but are often constrained by systemic and contextual barriers. Faculty development programs, structural supports and longer rotation periods may enhance trust calibration and enable safer, developmentally appropriate supervision.
Authors
- Sylvia Heeneman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6103-8075)
- Cees van der Vleuten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6802-3119)
- Aminah Al-Sulaiman
- Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
Institutions
- American Academy of Family Physicians (US)
- University of Lahore (PK)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Acuity Technologies (United States) (US)
- Clinical Insights (US)
- University of Education (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2026.1712735
- Primary Topic
- Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00