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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland
BACKGROUND: International doctors make up nearly half of the physicians working in Ireland and are an integral part of the health service. The COVID-19 pandemic declared in March 2020 led to a global healthcare emergency. Resulting national lockdowns precluded travel at a time of need for family sup...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36417108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03220-6 |
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author | Carroll, Hailey K. Moore, Stephen Farooq, Abdul R. Iqbal, Shahid Hadi, Danial K. O’Reilly, Seamus |
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description | BACKGROUND: International doctors make up nearly half of the physicians working in Ireland and are an integral part of the health service. The COVID-19 pandemic declared in March 2020 led to a global healthcare emergency. Resulting national lockdowns precluded travel at a time of need for family support. AIM: We aimed to measure the professional, psychosocial, and financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-EEA doctors working in Ireland. METHODS: An 88-item online survey of demographics, well-being, and financial resilience was circulated nationally between November 2021 and January 2022. The results were analysed using RStudio and Microsoft Excel 365. RESULTS: One hundred thirty-eight responses were received. Sixty-two percent of responders reported wishing to stay in Ireland long-term and 44% had applied for citizenship. Despite 80% of responders working in their desired speciality, only 36% were on a specialist training scheme. Forty-seven percent felt their career was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventy-three percent of respondents reported missing significant events in their home country. Over 50% reported significant mental health issues personally or in their families; however, only a minority sought professional help. Financial issues were a source of anxiety for 15% of respondents. Financial resilience was poor, 20% of respondents cited a 1-month financial reserve, 10% had a personal pension, and 9% had made a will. CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a multifactorial negative impact on non-national doctors working in Ireland. More must be done to offer multidimensional support to this cohort who are a crucial part of the underserviced Irish healthcare system. |
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spelling | pubmed-96850812022-11-28 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland Carroll, Hailey K. Moore, Stephen Farooq, Abdul R. Iqbal, Shahid Hadi, Danial K. O’Reilly, Seamus Ir J Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: International doctors make up nearly half of the physicians working in Ireland and are an integral part of the health service. The COVID-19 pandemic declared in March 2020 led to a global healthcare emergency. Resulting national lockdowns precluded travel at a time of need for family support. AIM: We aimed to measure the professional, psychosocial, and financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-EEA doctors working in Ireland. METHODS: An 88-item online survey of demographics, well-being, and financial resilience was circulated nationally between November 2021 and January 2022. The results were analysed using RStudio and Microsoft Excel 365. RESULTS: One hundred thirty-eight responses were received. Sixty-two percent of responders reported wishing to stay in Ireland long-term and 44% had applied for citizenship. Despite 80% of responders working in their desired speciality, only 36% were on a specialist training scheme. Forty-seven percent felt their career was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventy-three percent of respondents reported missing significant events in their home country. Over 50% reported significant mental health issues personally or in their families; however, only a minority sought professional help. Financial issues were a source of anxiety for 15% of respondents. Financial resilience was poor, 20% of respondents cited a 1-month financial reserve, 10% had a personal pension, and 9% had made a will. CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a multifactorial negative impact on non-national doctors working in Ireland. More must be done to offer multidimensional support to this cohort who are a crucial part of the underserviced Irish healthcare system. Springer International Publishing 2022-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9685081/ /pubmed/36417108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03220-6 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 2022, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Carroll, Hailey K. Moore, Stephen Farooq, Abdul R. Iqbal, Shahid Hadi, Danial K. O’Reilly, Seamus The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland |
title | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland |
title_full | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland |
title_fullStr | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland |
title_short | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in ireland |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36417108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03220-6 |
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