We Need to Talk about Grit

Grit: A Different Conversation

“…Regardless, a recent editorial 1 broached a number of issues relevant to graduate medical education, but the central theme was the role of the attribute of grit within an individual resident’s personality and the occurrence, or not, of burnout. The element of grit is explored from two perspectives: one, the advisability of the role of assessment of intrinsic grit in resident selection “calls for grittiness to be included in the selection of medical students or surgical residents”; and two, a potential “dark” aspect of grit as a personality characteristic.…”