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COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian single institution's experience and lessons learned by public health residents' workforce.
- Source :
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Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita [Ann Ig] 2021 Sep-Oct; Vol. 33 (5), pp. 410-425. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 11. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Methods: We hereby provide a systematic description of the response actions in which the public health residents' workforce was pivotal, in a large tertiary hospital.<br />Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic has posed incredible challenges to healthcare workers worldwide. The residents have been affected by an almost complete upheaval of the previous setting of activities, with a near total focus on service during the peak of the emergency. In our Institution, residents in public health were extensively involved in leading activities in the management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic.<br />Results: The key role played by residents in the response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic is highlighted by the diversity of contributions provided, from cooperation in the rearrangement of hospital paths for continuity of care, to establishing and running new services to support healthcare professionals. Overall, they constituted a workforce that turned essential in governing efficiently such a complex scenario.<br />Conclusions: Despite the difficulties posed by the contingency and the sacrifice of many training activities, Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic turned out to be a unique opportunity of learning and measuring one's capabilities and limits in a context of absolute novelty and uncertainty.
- Subjects :
- Asymptomatic Infections
COVID-19 diagnosis
COVID-19 prevention & control
COVID-19 therapy
COVID-19 Testing
Case Management organization & administration
Emergency Medical Services organization & administration
Emergency Medical Services supply & distribution
Health Personnel
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient prevention & control
Italy
Mass Screening
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital organization & administration
Population Surveillance
Preoperative Care
Quarantine
Role
Self-Assessment
Software Design
Tertiary Care Centers organization & administration
Workforce
COVID-19 epidemiology
Internship and Residency
Pandemics
Public Health education
Public Health Administration
SARS-CoV-2
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1120-9135
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33565569
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7416/ai.2021.2438