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Positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability
OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic places an enormous demand on physicians around the world. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and their ability and willingness to continue working in their profession until retirement (ie, their em...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8646962/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34862285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050962 |
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author | van Leeuwen, Evelien H Taris, Toon van Rensen, Elizabeth L J Knies, Eva Lammers, Jan-Willem |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic places an enormous demand on physicians around the world. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and their ability and willingness to continue working in their profession until retirement (ie, their employability). DESIGN: A longitudinal comparative design was used. Survey data were collected on three moments: before (May 2019), in the early phase (May 2020) and in a later phase (November 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic. Time effects were tested using repeated-measures analyses of variance and one-way analyses of variance. SETTING: This study took place among physicians of two hospitals in a large city in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: 165 hospital physicians with surgical, medical and other specialties participated in this study. RESULTS: Physicians’ employability significantly increased from the time prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with the period during this pandemic. Employability differs among physicians with surgical, medical and other specialties. Furthermore, physicians experienced a lower emotional, physical and quantitative workload during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with before the pandemic. Moreover, physicians experienced the most stress from the impact of COVID-19 on their work in general and from combining work and private life. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that physicians’ employability and work experiences are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Work experiences vary for physicians with different specialties. These varieties stress the importance of attention for physicians’ individual needs and challenges regarding working during the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of continuing work in the aftermath of this crisis. Based on this, physicians can be offered tailor-made solutions. This is important to maintain a healthy and employable workforce, which is essential for a sustainable healthcare system. |
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spelling | pubmed-86469622021-12-06 Positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability van Leeuwen, Evelien H Taris, Toon van Rensen, Elizabeth L J Knies, Eva Lammers, Jan-Willem BMJ Open Mental Health OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic places an enormous demand on physicians around the world. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and their ability and willingness to continue working in their profession until retirement (ie, their employability). DESIGN: A longitudinal comparative design was used. Survey data were collected on three moments: before (May 2019), in the early phase (May 2020) and in a later phase (November 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic. Time effects were tested using repeated-measures analyses of variance and one-way analyses of variance. SETTING: This study took place among physicians of two hospitals in a large city in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: 165 hospital physicians with surgical, medical and other specialties participated in this study. RESULTS: Physicians’ employability significantly increased from the time prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with the period during this pandemic. Employability differs among physicians with surgical, medical and other specialties. Furthermore, physicians experienced a lower emotional, physical and quantitative workload during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with before the pandemic. Moreover, physicians experienced the most stress from the impact of COVID-19 on their work in general and from combining work and private life. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that physicians’ employability and work experiences are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Work experiences vary for physicians with different specialties. These varieties stress the importance of attention for physicians’ individual needs and challenges regarding working during the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of continuing work in the aftermath of this crisis. Based on this, physicians can be offered tailor-made solutions. This is important to maintain a healthy and employable workforce, which is essential for a sustainable healthcare system. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8646962/ /pubmed/34862285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050962 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Mental Health van Leeuwen, Evelien H Taris, Toon van Rensen, Elizabeth L J Knies, Eva Lammers, Jan-Willem Positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability |
title | Positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability |
title_full | Positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability |
title_fullStr | Positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability |
title_full_unstemmed | Positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability |
title_short | Positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability |
title_sort | positive impact of the covid-19 pandemic? a longitudinal study on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability |
topic | Mental Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8646962/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34862285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050962 |
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