Prevalence of second victims, risk factors and support strategies among young German physicians in internal medicine (SeViD-I survey)

Abstract

Background: Second victims, defined as healthcare team members being traumatised by an unanticipated clinical event or outcome, are frequent in healthcare. Evidence of this phenomenon in Germany, however, is sparse. Recently, we reported the first construction and validation of a German questionnaire. This study aimed to understand this phenomenon better in a sample of young (