To jettison acquiring resilience skills would be a mistake

Brindley and Reynolds make important points about personal resilience in their Opinion article.1 They ask, “Are we not resilient enough, and, if so, are we to blame?” Arguably, these are not the right questions.The two elements of working as a healthcare professional are the person and the professional environment. There is valid criticism from junior (and senior) doctors that the healthcare system has major flaws and that feelings of stress and burnout reflect not a lack of resilience but a work environment that at times some would describe as toxic. These problems need to be dealt with, but tackling them is a complex and long term process, akin to the complexity of turning a tanker.2This does not mean that we should forget about the development of personal skills of resilience in healthcare professionals, equipping them with abilities that are in their control and help them to navigate challenges as they…
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