Professional roles and relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study among US clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed healthcare delivery in the USA, but there has been little empirical work describing the impact of these changes on clinicians. We conducted a study to address the following question: how has the pandemic impacted US clinicians' professional roles and relationships?

Design

Inductive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews.

Setting

Clinical settings across the USA in April and May of 2020.

Participants

Clinicians with leadership and/or clinical roles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Measures

Emergent themes related to professional roles and relationships.

Results

Sixty-one clinicians participated in semi-structured interviews. Study participants were practising in 15 states across the USA, and the

SUBMITTER: Butler CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7995668 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature