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Training During
the Pandemic Temporary Placement of Housement During the Pandemic
COVID-19 (Till 31October 2020)
Apart from providing health services, public
healthcare facilities are also training grounds
for all categories of health personnel. While
a pandemic of this magnitude may impact /
healthcare delivery, care is taken to ensure
training of medical personnel is not affected. This
is crucial as a long-term care delivery strategy. /
For this, the House Officer (HO) training guideline
was created. It states that HOs from COVID-19
hospitals need to be placed in other training
hospitals to ensure the continuity of training.
This movement was coordinated by the human
resource team.
Other guidelines and standard operating
procedure developed during the COVID-19
pandemic:
• Guidelines on implementation of
housemanship training during COVID-19
pandemic on 3 April 2020. /
• Guidelines on clinical / practical training
(ATM)
for university students at Ministry of Health
facilities on 13 April 2020.
• Standard of Procedure on placement of / /
housemen in Severe Acute Respiratory
Infection wards during COVID-19 pandemic
on 19 May 2020.
• Guidelines on implementation of clinical /
practical training for university students at
Ministry of Health facilities post movement
control order during COVID-19 pandemic on
10 June 2020.
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