Retaining doctors in emergency medicine: an ethnographic study of emergency departments in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To gain a deep understanding of factors driving retention in emergency medicine. To understand in detail the day-to-day lived experience of emergency medicine doctors, to identify and explore factors influencing retention, to situate these descriptions within the current educational and health policy contexts and to advance the debate and make policy and practice recommendations.

Design

Ethnography and semistructured interviews.

Setting

Two purposively sampled emergency departments in England, with additional interview participants recruited via social media and relevant stakeholder organisations.

Participants

41 interview participants comprising 21 emergency physicians across 2 sites, 10 former emergency physicians and 10 stakeholders, with 132 hour

SUBMITTER: Darbyshire D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418526 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature