The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activity and working experience of clinical academics, with a focus on gender and ethnicity: a qualitative study in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activity and working experience of clinical academics, with a focus on gender and ethnicity.

Design

Qualitative study based on interviews and audio/written diary data.

Setting

UK study within clinical academia.

Participants

Purposive sample of 82 clinical academics working in medicine and dentistry across all career stages ranging from academic clinical fellows and doctoral candidates to professors.

Methods

Qualitative semistructured interviews (n=68) and audio diary data (n=30; including 16 participants who were also interviewed) collected over an 8-month period (January-September 2020), thematically analysed.

Results

20 of 30 (66.6%) audio diary contributors and 40 of 6

SUBMITTER: Finn GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9184994 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature