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100 1 |a Chan, Linda 
245 1 |a Unveiling how medical educators conceptualise resilience: a qualitative study 
260 |b Springer Nature B.V.  |c 2025 
513 |a Journal Article 
520 3 |a BackgroundMedical educators operate in high-pressure environments where resilience is critical to their well-being and professional effectiveness. Studies exploring how medical educators conceptualise resilience is limited, particularly outside Western contexts. As such, research investigating culturally-sensitive conceptualisations of resilience in an Asian context is overdue. This study addresses this gap by exploring how medical educators in Hong Kong (HK) conceptualise resilience, attending to the cultural and professional nuances that shape these understandings.MethodTwenty medical educators teaching medical students, trainees and/or physicians at HK’s two medical schools were recruited via email using maximum variation sampling. Semi-structured online interviews were conducted in English, audio- and video-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Researchers adopted a constructivist epistemology and employed a socio-ecological model to guide Reflexive Thematic Analysis of the transcripts.ResultsMedical educators predominantly conceptualised resilience as a dynamic process, though some also described it as an outcome of navigating adversity, and to a lesser extent, as an inherent trait. Notably, conceptualisations of resilience as a process and as an outcome often overlapped. Adversity was consistently identified as a fundamental component across definitions. Participants aligned their understandings of resilience closely with their professional roles and pervading sociocultural influences, emphasising relational and cultural dimensions. This holistic approach distinguished their perspectives from more individualised Western notions of resilience.ConclusionsTraditional Western frameworks of resilience may not adequately capture its complexities in other cultural contexts. Echoing the socio-ecological model, participants’ conceptualisations were deeply intertwined with HK’s cultural values and socio-contextual dynamics. These findings underscore the need to broaden global understandings of resilience beyond Western paradigms. Importantly, our findings can inform the design of culturally-sensitive faculty development programmes aiming to support medical educator resilience in the future. 
610 4 |a University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong 
651 4 |a Hong Kong China 
651 4 |a China 
653 |a Medical education 
653 |a Culture 
653 |a Cultural values 
653 |a Chinese history 
653 |a Medical students 
653 |a Influence 
653 |a Teachers 
653 |a Confucianism 
653 |a Taoism 
653 |a Sociodemographics 
653 |a Well being 
653 |a Data collection 
653 |a Qualitative research 
653 |a Buddhism 
653 |a Semi Structured Interviews 
653 |a Self Efficacy 
653 |a Resilience (Psychology) 
653 |a Researchers 
653 |a Interviews 
653 |a Participant Characteristics 
653 |a Structured Interviews 
653 |a Interpersonal Relationship 
653 |a Feedback (Response) 
653 |a Communities of Practice 
653 |a Data Analysis 
653 |a Student Participation 
653 |a Teacher Characteristics 
653 |a Cultural Influences 
653 |a Cultural Context 
653 |a Educational Environment 
653 |a Definitions 
653 |a Transcripts (Written Records) 
653 |a Religion 
700 1 |a Emma V.M. Bilney 
700 1 |a Ganotice, Fraide A 
700 1 |a Julie Yun Chen 
700 1 |a Samuel Y.S. Wong 
700 1 |a Chan, Paul Po Ling 
700 1 |a Zoe H.W. Tang 
700 1 |a Sam C.H. Yuen 
700 1 |a Carmen Ka Man Wong 
700 1 |a Tai Pong Lam 
700 1 |a Whitehead, Cynthia R 
700 1 |a Tipoe, George L 
773 0 |t BMC Medical Education  |g vol. 25 (2025), p. 1-12 
786 0 |d ProQuest  |t Healthcare Administration Database 
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