The potential of uncertainty tolerance measures to identify specific needs of first-year medical residents: an exploratory study
Open Access
- 12 December 2025
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medical Education
- Vol. 26 (1)
Abstract
We aimed to explore 1st year residents’ responses to five different uncertainty tolerance (UT) measures, varying in their specificity to physicians aKeywords
Funding Information
- University of Oslo
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