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Psychosocial support of residents in family practice programs. 1980

J K Berg, and J Garrard

Family practice residency programs (N = 347) were surveyed to examine the frequency of 11 kinds of psychosocial support available to residents through their programs. Family practice programs offer a considerable number of support elements to residents, with programs showing much homogeneity in the kinds of support offered. The size of a program does influence the kinds of support available, with small programs less likely than medium or large programs to offer the formal kinds of support examined in this study. Four patterns of support emerge from the data, each reflecting a specific orientation: (1) the psychological orientation, (2) the "bare bones" of support, (3) the support group orientation, and (4) the family orientation. In general, the kinds of support that address the residents' family needs are least likely to be available. Because time away from work helps to relieve the pressures of residency training, length of vacation and frequency of night call were also examined. On the average, first year residents cover night call every 3.64 nights and have 2.4 weeks of vacation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007396	Internship and Residency	Programs of EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE training to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities.	House Staff,Internship, Dental,Residency, Dental,Residency, Medical,Dental Internship,Dental Internships,Dental Residencies,Dental Residency,Internship,Internship, Medical,Internships, Dental,Medical Residencies,Medical Residency,Residencies, Dental,Residencies, Medical,Residency,Residency and Internship,Internships, Medical,Medical Internship,Medical Internships,Residencies,Staff, House
D009551	Night Care	Institutional night care of patients.	Care, Night,Cares, Night,Night Cares
D011593	Psychology, Social	The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of group membership upon the behavior, attitudes, and beliefs of an individual.	Social Psychology,Psychology, Perceptual,Perceptual Psychology
D011998	Recreation	Activity engaged in for pleasure.	Recreations
D003376	Counseling	The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.
D005194	Family Practice	A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.	Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D005196	Family Therapy	A form of group psychotherapy. It involves treatment of more than one member of the family simultaneously in the same session.	Therapy, Family,Family Therapies,Therapies, Family
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012657	Self-Help Groups	Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients, individuals with common health problems, or the elderly. They include therapeutic social clubs.	Social Clubs, Therapeutic,Support Groups,Clubs, Therapeutic Social,Therapeutic Social Clubs,Club, Therapeutic Social,Group, Self-Help,Group, Support,Groups, Self-Help,Groups, Support,Self Help Groups,Self-Help Group,Social Club, Therapeutic,Support Group,Therapeutic Social Club
D013315	Stress, Psychological	Stress wherein emotional factors predominate.	Cumulative Stress, Psychological,Emotional Stress,Individual Stressors,Life Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stress,Psychological Stress Experience,Psychological Stress Overload,Psychologically Stressful Conditions,Stress Experience, Psychological,Stress Measurement, Psychological,Stress Overload, Psychological,Stress Processes, Psychological,Stress, Emotional,Stressful Conditions, Psychological,Psychological Stress,Stress, Psychologic,Stressor, Psychological,Condition, Psychological Stressful,Condition, Psychologically Stressful,Conditions, Psychologically Stressful,Cumulative Stresses, Psychological,Experience, Psychological Stress,Individual Stressor,Life Stresses,Measurement, Psychological Stress,Overload, Psychological Stress,Psychologic Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stresses,Psychological Stress Experiences,Psychological Stress Measurement,Psychological Stress Measurements,Psychological Stress Overloads,Psychological Stress Processe,Psychological Stress Processes,Psychological Stresses,Psychological Stressful Condition,Psychological Stressful Conditions,Psychological Stressor,Psychological Stressors,Psychologically Stressful Condition,Stress Experiences, Psychological,Stress Processe, Psychological,Stress, Life,Stress, Psychological Cumulative,Stressful Condition, Psychological,Stressful Condition, Psychologically,Stressor, Individual