Department of Surgery, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Research Article
The Importance of Followership in a Crisis- Lessons Learnt From a Survey of Junior Doctors Perception of Leadership during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s): Adeel Abbas Dhahri*, Muhammad Rafaih Iqbal*, Nourelhuda Darwish and Vardhini Vijay*
Background: Clinical leadership is an intense skill leading to safer patient outcomes, while followership is flip side of good leadership. Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has tested both leadership and followership, and as followers’ expectations multiplied, we conducted this single centre survey to assess junior doctors’ perception of leadership.
Materials and Methods: We performed an online cross-sectional survey, among the non-consultant group of doctors in all specialties at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust United Kingdom (UK), over two weeks (20 April 2020 – 03 May 2020).
Results: 55 doctors responded to the survey. 32 (58.2%) of the participants had their rota changed during COVID-19 pandemic and 32 (58.2%) felt that changes to their working patterns affected their mora.. View More»
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