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: Received: 14 April 2024 / Approved: 16 April 2024 / Online: 16 April 2024 (17:04:22 CEST)
How to cite:
Nash, C. Burnout in Medical Specialists Redeployed to Emergency Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints2024, 2024041083. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1083.v1
Nash, C. Burnout in Medical Specialists Redeployed to Emergency Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2024, 2024041083. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1083.v1
Nash, C. Burnout in Medical Specialists Redeployed to Emergency Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints2024, 2024041083. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1083.v1
APA Style
Nash, C. (2024). Burnout in Medical Specialists Redeployed to Emergency Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1083.v1
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Nash, C. 2024 "Burnout in Medical Specialists Redeployed to Emergency Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1083.v1
Abstract
Burnout represents a concern for all healthcare providers, particularly those specializing in emergency medical care for whom burnout outcomes have been well-documented. What remains unknown is the effect of burnout on redeployed medical specialists during the COVID-19 pandemic from an appointment-centered practice to emergency care directed by public health considerations. This research aims to identify and assess the burnout responses of fourteen medical specialties noted in searched returns of the four most cited articles published since 2020 about non-emergency physicians regarding their burnout brought on by the unanticipated need for them to provide emergency care during the recent pandemic. The hypothesis is that medical specialists accustomed to planning for emergency possibilities in their appointment-centered practice would demonstrate the least burnout regarding COVID-19-related emergencies. Considering coping as a process based on Lazarus's research, comparing and ranking the COVID-19 emergency responses across the various normally appointment-centered medical specialties in their employed coping strategies determines the outcome. With the hypothesis supported, suggested interventions for future pandemics—when these specialists are, again, redeployed to emergency care directed by public health considerations—are those coping strategies identified as most effective in reducing burnout while maintaining the viability of the medical specialty and excellent patient care.
Keywords
burnout; medical specialists; COVID-19; emergency care; public health; coping strategies; Lazarus; interventions; patient care
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Emergency Medicine
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