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Stress and psychological resilience among general surgery residents during COVID-19 pandemic

Yasser M. Aljehani, Sharifah A. Othman, Nosibah K. Telmesani, Raghad A. Alghamdi, Hussah M. AlBuainain, Zeead M. Alghamdi, Hazem M. Zakaria, Farouk T. Alreshaid, Saleh A. Busbait, Abdullah A. Alqarzaie, Turki M. Alharbi and Ruba K. Alnajim
Saudi Medical Journal December 2020, 41 (12) 1344-1349; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.12.25577
Yasser M. Aljehani
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, SCC-Surg
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Sharifah A. Othman
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS
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Nosibah K. Telmesani
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Raghad A. Alghamdi
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hussah M. AlBuainain
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, SCC-Surg
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Zeead M. Alghamdi
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, SB-Surg
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Hazem M. Zakaria
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, PhD
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Farouk T. Alreshaid
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, SCC-Surg
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Saleh A. Busbait
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah A. Alqarzaie
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Turki M. Alharbi
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ruba K. Alnajim
From the Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yasser M. Aljehani, Sharifah A. Othman, Nosibah K. Telmesani, Raghad A. Alghamdi, Hussah M. AlBuainain, Zeead M. Alghamdi, Hazem M. Zakaria, Farouk T. Alreshaid, Saleh A. Busbait, Abdullah A. Alqarzaie, Turki M. Alharbi, Ruba K. Alnajim
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