Azeb AsaminewRediat Solomon2025-08-122025-08-122024-04-05https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/6445Background: Medical Residents are more likely than the overall population to experience depression, suicide, and stress-related illnesses. Even if the burden and effect of burnout and work related stress on residents is huge worldwide, qualitative studies on this subject are limited in Africa and specifically, Ethiopia. Therefore, understanding the coping strategies and lived experiences of residents will provide knowledge on this area for future development of interventions. Objective: To explore the personal experience and coping strategies of work-related stress and burnout among physician’s residency training at College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University. Methodology: The proposed study utilized a qualitative approach, informed by phenomenological theory, to explore the lived experience and coping strategies of stress and burnout physicians attending residency training at College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University. The primary investigator of this research gathered data by conducting 16 in-person, semi-structured in-depth interviews of medical residents in different specialties. Interviews were transcribed and translated to English. Transcripts were codes and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings: The finding of the study identified 5 themes and 12 sub themes. The residents were familiar with the words of work-related stress and burnout. Their perceived manifestations of burnout and work-related symptoms include physical and emotional manifestations. They described organizational relational and individual factors as a cause for experiencing work related stress and burnout. They were using both maladaptive and helpful coping strategies. They listed Impacts of work-related stress and burnout on their physical and mental wellbeing also on the management of patients and on their academic performance. They Suggested both governmental and institution-based recommendations to alleviate and address the problems. Conclusion: The issue of work-related stress and burnout among residents is a significant concern and has a great implication for both the residents and the quality of patient care.en-USThe Lived Experiences of Stress BurnoutThesis