The impact and effect of emotional resilience on performance: an overview for surgeons and other healthcare professionals

Medicine and surgery can be demanding professions with high levels of burnout, but few healthcare professionals are given training or education in the management of stress, and the ability of individuals to cope with work and other pressures is often taken for granted. Emotional resilience – the ability to recover from a stressful event, whether at work or at home – is influenced by factors that are both within and outside our control. In this review, we provide an overview of emotional resilience for surgeons and other healthcare professionals, and focus on the factors that can be modulated to help us cope with difficult or complex situations.

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