Table 3.

Hannah and Will’s multiple expected and unexpected transitions

	Hannah	Will
Gender	Female	Male
Specialty base	Surgery	Medicine
Post-training role	Clinical fellow	Consultant
Post-training context	Moved to a different location	Stayed in the same location as training
Expected workplace transitions	New workplace	New role (same workplace)
	New systems	New spaces (own office)
	New relationships
	New spaces
Unexpected workplace transitions	New role (different workplace)	New systems
	Changing workplace relationships	Changing workplace relationships
Expected home-life transitions	Moving home	Partner’s transition to trained doctor status
	Change in family set-up (ie, moving away from family)
Unexpected home-life transitions		Change in family set-up (ie, changes in children’s needs)