Psychosocial risk factors impact of control and reward as perceived by medical residents

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https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.3.610

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Medical residency, control, reward, hierarchy, mental health

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the perception of residents to psychosocial risk factors they face throughout their academic training related to the domains of control and work rewards.

Materials and Methods: a qualitative study with phenomenological methodology, which used the in-depth interview as a technique to obtaining data from the elements contemplated in the Battery of Instruments for the Evaluation of Psychosocial Risk Factors of the Ministry of Social Protection of Colombia. Forty-two residents from 8 medical specialties in Barranquilla were interviewed. The analysis of the information obtained was interpreted based on Schütz's sociological theory.

Results: a relationship was observed between workload, time, and organization, with little recognition of effort. In addition, there is little attachment to the institutions and there is no stable professional and emotional bond due to the low perception of self-fulfillment in the exercise of their work.

Conclusions: the control and reward domains are conjectured as frequent problems in the field of medical residencies. If there is no control of the functions, participation in decision making, and in the functioning of the institution, and if there are few opportunities to demonstrate mastery in the acquired responsibilities, the perception of well-being is implicated.

Author Biographies

Yisel Pinillos Patiño, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Colombia

Magíster en Salud Pública. Universidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla, Colombia. 

Karen Liseth Osío-Rojas, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Colombia

Psicólogo. Maestrante en Psicología. Universidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Barranquilla, Colombia. 

Martín Acosta Fernández, Unversidad de Guadalajara, México

PhD. Ciencias de la Salud en el Trabajo. Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, Guadalajara, México.

Aura Gauna Quiñonez, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Colombia

Magíster en Educación. Universidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla, Colombia.

José Rafael Consuegra Machado, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Colombia

PhD. Educación. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia. jrconsuegra@unisimonbolivar.edu.co 

Published

2022-12-01

How to Cite

Pinillos Patiño, Y., Osío-Rojas, K. L., Acosta Fernández, M., Gauna Quiñonez, A., & Consuegra Machado, J. R. . (2022). Psychosocial risk factors impact of control and reward as perceived by medical residents. Salud Uninorte, 38(3), 711–728. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.3.610

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