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Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study
OBJECTIVE: When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Norway, primary health care had to reorganize to ensure safe patient treatment and maintain infection control. General practitioners (GPs) are key health care providers in the municipalities. Our aim was to explore the experiences and management strategi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36350846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2022.2142796 |
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author | Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka Lunde, Lene Brænd, Anja Maria Spehar, Ivan Høye, Sigurd Skoglund, Ingmarie Sundvall, Pär-Daniel Fossum, Guro Haugen Straand, Jørund Risør, Mette Bech |
author_facet | Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka Lunde, Lene Brænd, Anja Maria Spehar, Ivan Høye, Sigurd Skoglund, Ingmarie Sundvall, Pär-Daniel Fossum, Guro Haugen Straand, Jørund Risør, Mette Bech |
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description | OBJECTIVE: When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Norway, primary health care had to reorganize to ensure safe patient treatment and maintain infection control. General practitioners (GPs) are key health care providers in the municipalities. Our aim was to explore the experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic - over time, and in the context of a sudden organizational change. DESIGN: Longitudinal qualitative interview study with two interview rounds. The first round of interviews was conducted from September–December 2020, the second round from January–April 2021. In the first interview round, we performed eight semi-structured interviews with GPs from eight municipalities in Norway. In the second round, five of the GPs were re-interviewed. Consecutive interviews were performed 2–4 months apart. To analyze the data, we used thematic analysis. RESULTS: The COVID-19 pandemic required GPs to balance several concerns, such as continuity of care and their own professional efforts. Several GPs experienced challenges in the collaboration with the municipality and in relation to defining their own professional position. Guided by The Norwegian Association of General practitioners, The Norwegian College of General Practice and collegial support, they found viable solutions and ended up with a feeling of having adapted to a new normal. CONCLUSIONS: Although our study demonstrates that the GPs adapted to the changing conditions, the current municipal health care models are not ideal. There is a need for clarification of responsibilities between GPs and the municipality to facilitate a more coordinated future pandemic response. KEY POINTS: Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the primary health care service in Norway had to reorganize to ensure safe patient treatment and maintain infection control. Several GPs experienced challenges in collaboration with the municipalities. There is a need for clarification of responsibilities between GPs and the municipality. |
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spelling | pubmed-100889162023-04-12 Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka Lunde, Lene Brænd, Anja Maria Spehar, Ivan Høye, Sigurd Skoglund, Ingmarie Sundvall, Pär-Daniel Fossum, Guro Haugen Straand, Jørund Risør, Mette Bech Scand J Prim Health Care Research Articles OBJECTIVE: When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Norway, primary health care had to reorganize to ensure safe patient treatment and maintain infection control. General practitioners (GPs) are key health care providers in the municipalities. Our aim was to explore the experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic - over time, and in the context of a sudden organizational change. DESIGN: Longitudinal qualitative interview study with two interview rounds. The first round of interviews was conducted from September–December 2020, the second round from January–April 2021. In the first interview round, we performed eight semi-structured interviews with GPs from eight municipalities in Norway. In the second round, five of the GPs were re-interviewed. Consecutive interviews were performed 2–4 months apart. To analyze the data, we used thematic analysis. RESULTS: The COVID-19 pandemic required GPs to balance several concerns, such as continuity of care and their own professional efforts. Several GPs experienced challenges in the collaboration with the municipality and in relation to defining their own professional position. Guided by The Norwegian Association of General practitioners, The Norwegian College of General Practice and collegial support, they found viable solutions and ended up with a feeling of having adapted to a new normal. CONCLUSIONS: Although our study demonstrates that the GPs adapted to the changing conditions, the current municipal health care models are not ideal. There is a need for clarification of responsibilities between GPs and the municipality to facilitate a more coordinated future pandemic response. KEY POINTS: Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the primary health care service in Norway had to reorganize to ensure safe patient treatment and maintain infection control. Several GPs experienced challenges in collaboration with the municipalities. There is a need for clarification of responsibilities between GPs and the municipality. Taylor & Francis 2022-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10088916/ /pubmed/36350846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2022.2142796 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka Lunde, Lene Brænd, Anja Maria Spehar, Ivan Høye, Sigurd Skoglund, Ingmarie Sundvall, Pär-Daniel Fossum, Guro Haugen Straand, Jørund Risør, Mette Bech Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study |
title | Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study |
title_full | Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study |
title_fullStr | Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study |
title_full_unstemmed | Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study |
title_short | Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study |
title_sort | experiences and management strategies of norwegian gps during the covid-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36350846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2022.2142796 |
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