The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome on medical house staff: a qualitative study.

Objective: To explore the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on a medical training program and to develop principles for professional training programs to consider in dealing with future, similar crises.

Design: Qualitative interviews analyzed using grounded theory methodology.

Setting: University-affiliated hospitals in Toronto, Canada during the SARS outbreak in 2003.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impact on professionalism: qualitative study of physicians' behaviour during an emerging healthcare crisis.

Objective: To explore issues of medical professionalism in the context of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a new emerging health threat.

Design: Qualitative interviews analysed with grounded theory methodology.

Setting: University hospitals in Toronto, Canada, during the SARS outbreak in 2003.