COVID-19, medical education and the impact on the future psychiatric workforce

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has been transformed to meet the acute healthcare needs of infected patients. This has significantly affected medical education, both undergraduate and postgraduate, with potential long-term implications for psychia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Greig, Flora
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
Materias:
Praxis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7711332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33261711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.112
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Sumario:Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has been transformed to meet the acute healthcare needs of infected patients. This has significantly affected medical education, both undergraduate and postgraduate, with potential long-term implications for psychiatric recruitment. This article discusses these ramifications, and the opportunities available to mitigate them as well as to enhance the profile of psychiatry.

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