Introduction: Resilience can be difficult to conceptualise and little is known about resilience in medical doctors.
Aims: This systematic review discusses the existing literature on influences on resilience levels of medical doctors.
Methods: The bibliographic databases PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsycINFO were searched from 2008 to November 2018 using keyword search terms resilience* AND ("medical physician*" OR doctor* OR surgeon* OR medical trainee* or clinician*).