Publications by authors named "Alan Gopal"
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- * A nationwide study found that 35.2% of HCWs reported having aPPE at all times during the first lockdown, which improved to 83.9% by early 2021, highlighting a significant increase over time.
- * Factors influencing access to aPPE included age and work environment, with older HCWs and those in Intensive Care Units more likely to report consistent access, while Asian HCWs and those in non-medical roles were less likely to do so.
Study Objective: The contribution of emergency medicine clinicians' nontechnical skills in providing safe, high-quality care in the emergency department (ED) is well known. In 2015, the UK Royal College of Emergency Medicine introduced explicit validated descriptors of nontechnical skills needed to function effectively in the ED. A new nontechnical skills assessment tool that provided a score for 12 domains of nontechnical skills and detailed narrative feedback, the Extended Supervised Learning Event (ESLE), was introduced and was mandated as part of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine assessment schedule.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Academic posters are a common means of disseminating information at conferences. Presentation at conferences is frequently given weight in postgraduate training programme recruitment. Some conferences provide guidance for visual presentation of posters.
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