It was never easy for healthcare professionals shifting to online learning and hybrid work during the pandemic. I never imagined though, that going back to pre pandemic set up, is equally challenging.
I am one of those who wish we’d go back to pre pandemic healthcare work and learning once this pandemic is over. Alas, we’re two (2) and a half pandemic years and the end isn’t in the horizon. Something tells me we ain’t going back to where we used to be, no matter how hard we try.
When our COVID cases went down in one institution for example, we tried face to face conferences again. Our OPD also resumed (albeit slower) seeing patients. Our OR also slowly reverted back to its old routine. Despite all the requisite precautions and vaccinations, some medical staff contracted COVID-19 two weeks into the resumption, prompting us to go back to online learning and hybrid work again.
Trying to go back to an old routine should be easy, I thought. I’m one of those who once profess adaptability and flexibility as my strongest point. But the two years of traumatic, pandemic struggle probably ingrained an aversion to change in many of us, me included. And I am discovering how hard it is to go back now. Is it the design? Strategy of going back? Perhaps, before we can strategize going back or adapt we need to forecast what part of healthcare work and learning is here to stay, fade away or will be in demand in the future.
Share your thoughts on the Future of Healthcare Work and Learning by joining the #HealthXPh tweetchat this Saturday July 23, 2022 9:00 PM Manila time. The guide questions are as follow:
- T1. What will FUTURE healthcare work and learning HAVE that doesn’t exist today?
- T2. What will FUTURE healthcare work and learning NOT HAVE that is common today?
- T3 Is there a specific part of healthcare work and learning that will become more common in the future? ( e.g Zoom/ Hybrid learning, conferences, remote guided surgeries?)
- T4. Where should healthcare look for inspiration in adapting to the future healthcare work and learning?
(Note: This post is inspired by the #HCLDR chat on Future of Healthcare Facilities)
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