Table 3.

Themes for support.

Theme	Sample quotes
Theme 1: Emotional Social Support	“My wife and children were the most impactful support for me during the pandemic. Their ability to listen, comfort, provide a hug (while wearing a mask!) was incredibly helpful.” “My colleagues in the Division of XXX provided great emotional and technical support throughout. The internal dynamic of the group is of total mutual support.”
Theme 2: Informational support	“…Also the constant & ongoing educational updates by the Health Care System experts aided us in caring for our patients…” “At XXX Medical group, weekly group phone calls to give us update on testing, guidelines, etc., were extremely helpful. E-mails with updates also very helpful.”
Theme 3: Appraisal support	“The hospitalist team. The camaraderie of the group and their willingness to take me through every clinical situation and EMR question.” “…The support from people inside and outside the hospital as they donated items/food- It made me feel appreciated. Also, getting/ preparing food was one less thing I had to worry about…”
Theme 4: Well-being support	“I was seeing a therapist prior to the pandemic and have continued to see one. It has been absolutely vital”. The free Headspace subscription is excellent because I think meditation helps a lot…”
Theme 5: Intrapersonal support	”… spiritual belief made me even stronger and positive person” I was very grateful for the [employer-sponsored childcare benefit] care money because I was able to give that to my sisters.”