Burnout and compassion fatigue in hospital staff directly influence quality of care, outcome measures and patient satisfaction. Cultivation of professional resilience — the ability to adapt to, recover from or grow from episodes of adversity at work — is a strengths-based remedy for burnout and compassion fatigue. Gain insights into how clinicians self-perceive professional resilience maps, how these perceptions map against four traits vital for building resilience and differences between professional and personal resilience.