Who should attend: The Summer School will focus on the theme from an academic perspective and will include an editors' panel and a research clinic to help with paper development and research ideas [1 Day]. It will also focus on conducting impactful research and looking at how academic research can make a positive difference in real-world problems [1 Day]. Please note that attendance at the Summer School is free of charge.
Theme: Change in work within health and care can be categorised into three main themes; new trends in the delivery of health and care, evolving intersections of work and health and care, and structural shifts in health and care. To elaborate, there are new work arrangements such as remote working (Sims et al., 2022), the rapid adoption of telehealth since COVID-19 (Andrews et al., 2020), increased delivery of service within communities (Kopelovich et al., 2021) also potentially leading to the emergence of new professions and roles (Bauer & Bodenheimer, 2017). Moreover, there are also shifts in governance and regulatory structures impacting funding (Appelbaum & Batt, 2020; Berwick & Hackbarth, 2012; Bruch et al., 2021) coupled with challenges and opportunities by the planning and implementation of technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence within health and care (Jiang et al., 2017; Topol, 2019; Ventola, 2014; Yang et al., 2017).
All of these changes carry significant implications for professionals, organisations, and the overall delivery of health and care. These implications might bring challenges such as resistance from established professionals and regulatory bodies (Dower et al., 2013), potential job displacements for professionals (Davenport & Kalakota, 2019), ethical concerns in relation to artificial intelligence (Obermeyer & Emanuel, 2016), need for re-training professionals with new technologies (Paranjape et al., 2019), difficulties in managing remote teams (Sims et al., 2022), and managing quality of service delivery in virtual settings (Shigekawa et al., 2018). However, at the same time, these also generate opportunities such as increased interdisciplinary collaborations and more community-based services (Frenk et al., 2010), increased access to care via remote consultations and cost savings for organisations (Haleem et al., 2021; Smith & Gray, 2009; Whitten & Love, 2005), enhanced diagnostic accuracies and potentially reduced administrative burden (Alowais et al., 2023; Reddy et al., 2019; Topol, 2019).
To apply: Warwick ECR Summer School 2025