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Improving clinical practice in ENT: Lessons learnt from the COVID‐19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Tysome James R.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/coa.13720
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , clinical practice , adaptability , work (physics) , intensive care medicine , medical education , family medicine , virology , pathology , management , mechanical engineering , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , engineering , economics
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, the ENT community has demonstrated strong clinical leadership, adaptability to rapid change, enhanced clinical pathways and local networks, widespread use of digital technology for consultation and teaching and redirection of research programmes. These have permanently changed the way we work and, when the current global pandemic improves as COVID‐19 infections drop and vaccination programmes are rolled out, we should ensure that the positive changes that have been made are embedded in clinical practice to improve patient care.