The abstracts in this session address the impact on and responses of the health workforce in the context of COVID-19 and discuss how the pandemic has and will initiate change.

The following abstracts will be presented:

  • Multidisciplinary teams and quality of care: the experience of breast units during COVID-19
    by Dr Federica Morandi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  • The evolving impact on healthcare professionals during three COVID-19 waves. A study in the Flemish healthcare workforce
    by Prof Kris Vanhaecht, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • The Impact of Covid-19 on Postgraduate training in European Junior Doctors
    by Dr Ellen McCourt, European Junior Doctors Association, Brussels, Belgium
  • Creating sustainable working environments: working hours of Junior Doctors during COVID-19 pandemic
    by Dr Ellen McCourt, European Junior Doctors Association, Brussels, Belgium
  • Implications for health system reform, workforce recovery and rebuilding: Lessons from the Great Recession and COVID-19
    by Dr Padraic Fleming, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  • The pandemic as initiator for change: Findings from the conceptual phase of a User Experience pilot in a University Hospital
    by Ms Charlotte Jewell, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium