Cross-skilling training to support medical redeployment in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cross-skilling training to support medical redeployment in the COVID-19 pandemic.

David Hettle, Katherine Sutherland, Edward Miles, Lucy Allanby, Zoe Bakewell, Danielle Davies, Yasin Dhonye, Victoria Handford, Rebecca Upton, Victoria Vilenchik, Rebecca Wood

During the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors will be redeployed into roles with which they are unfamiliar. Adequate training must be provided to reacquaint doctors with medical ward practice, supporting psychological wellbeing and patient safety. Here we describe a cross-skilling programme in North Bristol NHS Trust designed to address colleague anxiety and support wellbeing during redeployment.

2020

covid-19, Medical education, training, redeployment, induction

10.7861/fhj.2020-0049

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