Table 6.

Categories and issues for the theme of “Factors that increase resident quality of life”

Category	Issues	Examples
Feeling useful	Patient recognition	“But at the same time, my sense of gratification depends a lot on the patient, being able to do what little I can to improve their quality of life, for me, already helps a lot.”
Significant relationship	Friends, boyfriend/girlfriend, family	“But when we come here, the relationships we create here also help, and our group is pretty, pretty cool peeps.”
Adequate Internship	Adequate supervision/distribution of time Free period in the palliative care internship	“It’s knowing that there is someone for you to go and discuss things with, talking helps, it’s a relief, it’s gives you much needed tranquility.” “So you don’t get overloaded, don’t have to attend too many patients in the outpatient clinic. You have time for lunch.” “Look, I dream about my weekly free period, ah my free period, my free period.”
Work environment	Adequate relationship with multidisciplinary team	“With the multi-team, I do everything to get along. Because when I get along I'm very happy.”
Empowerment	Own space	“For me, it was a relief to leave home and have my own time, my silence and do things at my pace, even if, um, it forces me to go to the shops and take care of things, like, for me, this so improved my quality of life.”