Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctors' core workplace needs: a qualitative study of internal medicine trainees in Scotland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the workplace core needs of internal medicine (IM) trainees in Scotland.

Design

This qualitative study used an observational approach of interprofessional workshops combined with subsequent individual interviews with IM trainees. Workshops and interviews were audiorecorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed utilising NVivo software. Template analysis was used with the Autonomy/control, Belonging and Competence (ABC) of doctors' core needs outlined in the 2019 General Medical Council report Caring for doctors, caring for patients as a conceptual lens for the study.

Setting

The national IM boot camp in Scotland includes a 2-hour interprofessional workshop which is trainee led and explores curr

SUBMITTER: Kerins J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8249169 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature