Contemporary issues: Resilience training alone is an incomplete intervention

Abstract

Resilience training focuses on the individual to improve self-care, self-efficacy, and work/life balance with an aim to reduce burnout. However, the concept of resilience is complex and contextual, affected by the interplay between an individual and their environment. As such, any intervention to promote resilience in healthcare workers must recognize and address structural and organizational factors, as well as individual influences. Resilience-based approaches are often grounded in a strength-based model, emphasizing factors that promote success, while often overlooking factors that contribute to failure (Cross, 2015). Without examining and addressing factors in the work environment contributing to burnout, resilience training alone is an incomplete intervention.