Adaptability and learning Intraprofessional collaboration of residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The COVID-19 pandemic created a worldwide public health emergency, in which hospitals created new COVID departments and doctors from different disciplines had to work together. In the Netherlands, a large proportion of doctors in these departments were residents. With knowledge of the disease developing only gradually, the influx of COVID-19 patients called for adaptability, innovative work behavior, and intraprofessional collaboration (intraPC) between residents and between residents and medical specialists.

Research goal

This study investigates how the delivery of COVID-19 care in hospital settings altered the way residents develop their sense of adaptability and intraPC during their training.

Methods

Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with re

SUBMITTER: Bus CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652594 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature