Open AccessA review of the clinical assistant workforce at a district general hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Nicole L Brown,
Sebastian Moshtael,
Michaela Rogers,
Idil Mohamed,
Ben Smith,
Christopher T Rimmer,
Adeel Hamad,
Angela Yan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
future healthcare journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2514-6653
pISSN - 2514-6645
DOI - 10.7861/fhj.2021-0056
Subject(s) - workload , workforce , pandemic , covid-19 , medicine , health care , work (physics) , family medicine , medical education , nursing , management , disease , mechanical engineering , engineering , economics , economic growth , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In April 2020, a new workforce of clinical assistants (CAs), comprising predominantly of medical students, began work at Northampton General Hospital. Clinical-years students had a role similar to final-year student assistants; pre-clinical students were offered a healthcare assistant role. This research aimed to evaluate both CAs' and clinicians' perceptions of this programme.
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