Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa230
Title: Coronavirus 2019 Silver Linings
Authors: Santosa, Amelia
Cross, Gail
Oon, Jolene Ee Ling
Archuleta, Sophia
Dan, Yock Young
Keywords: Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
burnout
COVID-19
pandemic
Issue Date: 1-Jun-2020
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Citation: Santosa, Amelia, Cross, Gail, Oon, Jolene Ee Ling, Archuleta, Sophia, Dan, Yock Young (2020-06-01). Coronavirus 2019 Silver Linings. OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES 7 (6). ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa230
Abstract: A heightened state of alert due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared by the Singapore Ministry of Health on February 7, 2020. Within the hospital, team reorganizations, workflow revisions, and physical segregation caused anxiety among healthcare workers (HCWs). Fear of the unknown and emotional and physical fatigue started to take their toll on HCWs. We share our learning journey over the first 8 weeks of COVID-19: The importance of acknowledging fears and questions, and transforming them to collective knowledge; the role of empathic, hands-on leadership that brings camaraderie and calms scepticism; the importance of validating efforts and acknowledging hardship; and, most importantly, the security that comes from camaraderie, breaking down hierarchical barriers, and motivating each other to keep on going.
Source Title: OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/206020
ISSN: 23288957
23288957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa230
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