| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T151 |
0-150 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Our work is the first survey open to all ophthalmologists in the UK conducted to study redeployment to the unprecedented Coronavirus disease pandemic. |
| T152 |
151-302 |
Sentence |
denotes |
From the survey respondents, 52% of ophthalmologists were redeployed across all grades, more than half of them being ST3+ ophthalmologists in training. |
| T153 |
303-434 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The most common workplace was those areas with confirmed Coronavirus disease patients such as medical/surgical wards and ICU (81%). |
| T154 |
435-522 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It was interesting to note that only two ophthalmologists (3%) were assigned to the ED. |
| T155 |
523-846 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This is most likely to be due to the nature of ED working pattern where prompt management plan for new patients is required by all clinicians whereas ophthalmologists may be better utilized in a ward setting where they can support the medical team by performing other duties such as ordering investigations and prescribing. |
| T156 |
847-1013 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This is well shown in our survey that the main roles of ophthalmologists were review of investigations (78%), prescribing (78%) and clinical review of patients (74%). |
| T157 |
1014-1199 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It is also worth noting that they were also able to perform clinical review of patients and this allowed the medical team to focus on tasks which require more complex medical decisions. |
| T158 |
1200-1433 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Our results also demonstrated that senior ophthalmologists were more likely to be involved in supportive care than our junior colleagues (33% vs 8%) and junior colleagues were more involved in clinical care of patients (100% vs 74%). |
| T159 |
1434-1889 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This is in accordance with the guidance published by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges “Plans regarding trainee redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic” which advocates skills-based redeployment of doctors.5 There was a statistically significant difference between the more junior ophthalmologists in training (ST 1-2) and their senior counterparts (ST3+) in the clinical review of patients and investigations. (p = 0.019 and p = 0.04 respectively). |
| T160 |
1890-2054 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Naturally the younger ophthalmologists had more recent medical experience and were able to be more comfortable in these tasks compared to their senior counterparts. |
