Topic: Vulnerability

Shame, guilt, and the medical learner Shame and guilt are subjective emotional responses that occur in response to negative events such as the making of mistakes or an experience of mistreatment, and have been studied extensively in the field of psychology. Despite their potentially damaging effects and ubiquitous presence in everyday life, very little has been written about the impact of shame and guilt in medical education.
Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 1, 2018Topics: Distraction/Mindfulness / Empathy&Sympathy / Guilt & Shame / Perspective / Resilience / VulnerabilityKeywords: error / Guilt / mistake / perfectionism / shame
Shame! Self-stigmatisation as an obstacle to sick doctors returning to work: a qualitative study Shame, invincibility, self-stigmatization...a fascinating study of the difficult and complicated process of returning to work for impaired physicians.
Contributor: Jennifer ChangFebruary 26, 2018Topics: Addiction / Guilt & Shame / Illness & Disability / Impaired Physician / Resilience / Vulnerability



