High quality leadership is key to delivering high standards of patient care. For many reasons, doctors in training are not currently well represented in leadership positions and struggle to access opportunities to develop these skills. As a key cohort within the medical workforce, using existing present opportunities within clinical training programmes would allow them to engage in leadership development and support them to lead on projects within their trusts and make sustainable changes within their own organisation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Recruiting patients for clinical research is challenging, especially for underrepresented populations, and may be influenced by patients' relationships with their physicians, care experiences, and engagement with care. This study sought to understand predictors of enrollment in a research study among socioeconomically diverse participants in studies of care models that promote continuity in the doctor-patient relationship.
Method: A study of the effects of vitamin D levels and supplementation on COVID-19 risk and outcomes was implemented from 2020 to 2022 within 2 studies of care models at the University of Chicago that promoted continuity of inpatient and outpatient care from the same physician.