Open AccessHow we adapted the T&O inpatient service during the COVID-19 pandemic with physician associates to support the orthopaedic team
Author(s) -
Roz Tucker,
Sverrir Kristinsson,
Divya Benny,
Zainab Aqeel Khan,
Tofunmi Oni,
Andrew Smith
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
future healthcare journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2514-6653
pISSN - 2514-6645
DOI - 10.7861/fhj.2020-0206
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , service (business) , medicine , medical emergency , virology , business , outbreak , marketing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were increasing demands on medical and intensive care departments in the UK. Medical staff from surgical departments were redeployed. The aim of this study was to determine whether the department was able to maintain standards with the use of the physician associate / medical doctor (PA/MD) model of care.
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