How Peer Support Enables a More Sustainable Professional Medical Role
A Qualitative Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19541199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingrid Marie Taxt Horne (0000-0002-2182-4266, University of Oslo), Frode Veggeland (University of Inland Norway), Fredrik Bååthe (0000-0002-3799-1077), Karin Isaksson Rø (0000-0001-9029-0854, Norwegian Armed Forces) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Professions and Professionalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1893-1049 • E-ISSN: 1893-1049 |
| Publisher | OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7577/pp.5945 |
| OpenAlex | W4411298567 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Peer support services have been established in several professions to help individuals cope with challenging work and life situations. Using the medical profession as an example, we have qualitatively studied physicians’ experiences of peer support. We conducted interviews with 12 physicians shortly after they had attended peer support and 12 months later. We analysed the interviews using systematic text condensation. We then reanalysed each pair of interviews (baseline and follow-up) using Schein’s model to further deepen the analytical insights. The results show that the professional medical role can evolve. Peer support helped the individual physician to become aware of, acknowledge and adjust to how unwritten rules within the medical culture had formed a non-sustainable professional role. Peer support can facilitate changes at and outside work, as well as foster a willingness to seek treatment for self-care
Engineering ethics · Peer review · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Chemistry · Engineering · Innovations in Medical Education · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Psychology · Biochemistry
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |