Exploring experience of young healthcare professionals in providing treatment to vulnerable patients with chronic conditions

Exploring experience of young healthcare
professionals in providing treatment to
vulnerable patients with chronic conditions

Table of Content
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
AIMS................................................................................................................................................1
OBJECTIVES..................................................................................................................................1
RESEARCH QUESTION:...............................................................................................................1
RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH...........................................................................................2
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................2
Challenges faced by young healthcare professionals in providing treatment to vulnerable
patients with chronic conditions in the UK..................................................................................2
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................4
RESULT .........................................................................................................................................4
DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ..............................................................................7
TIMEFRAME FOR RESEARCH ..................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The process of Health care service providing is based on the relationship between the
patient and the health care professionals. This relationship affects the health care experiences of
both the patient as well as the provider making it necessary for both of them to have good
relationship with each other in order to make the process of health care provision efficient
enough to receive positive outcomes. In healthcare system Vulnerable groups are considered the
ones who belong to racial or ethnic minorities, children, the elderly group, the people who are
from low socio-economic background or are uninsured, and the patients which have a certain
chronic health condition related to mental health or disability. These people belonging to the
vulnerable groups are to be carefully taken care by the care professionals as they are more likely
to be subjected to abusive behaviour which can lead to exacerbate their health condition. The
health care professionals involved in care providing to the vulnerable groups are usually more
cautious as the rights of vulnerable people are required to be kept in mind for providing them
with the most efficient care services while allowing them to practice their rights. The nature of
care provision to such groups being very specific and a bit complex makes it worthy for studying
the experiences of the care providers with such groups.
AIMS
To explore the experience of young healthcare professionals in providing treatment to vulnerable
patients with chronic conditions.
OBJECTIVES
 To analyse the role of young healthcare professionals in providing treatment to
vulnerable patients with chronic conditions in the UK.
 To evaluate the challenges faced by young healthcare professionals in providing
treatment to vulnerable patients with chronic conditions in the UK.
 To examine the strategies or interventions used by young healthcare professionals in
providing treatment to vulnerable patients with chronic conditions in the UK.
RESEARCH QUESTION:
 What are the challenges faced by young healthcare professionals in providing treatment
to vulnerable patients with chronic conditions in the UK?
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RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH
The people belonging to vulnerable groups are the ones who require health as well as
social care services for even performing their day to day activities. These people are also more
prone to be the subjects of ill behaviour by the health care professionals. The reason behind this
is the being their challenging behaviour and a bit different health and care needs pertaining to
their condition. There is very less material available on the experiences of the care professionals
that provide primary and home based care to vulnerable groups and this knowledge can be very
useful in making the care provision process to such people more efficient. Therefore, this
research aims at finding out the challenges faced by the young health professionals while
providing care to vulnerable patients with chronic conditions in UK. The findings of the research
can be helpful for the young care providers to tackle the challenges that they might face while
providing care to people belonging to vulnerable groups. The findings obtained from this
research will also help the care providers to formulate care providing strategies that can be
helpful in meeting the care and health needs of the vulnerable patients by making the process
more efficient.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Challenges faced by young healthcare professionals in providing treatment to vulnerable patients
with chronic conditions in the UK
As per the views of Loignon et.al. (2015) care providing to the vulnerable group is a
complex process and requires the health care professionals to practice specific skills with such
patients in order to provide them with the quality care they have the right to. The skills that a
care provider needs to have to provide quality care to such groups are skills to build a personal
connection with the patient, align the medical processes as per the vulnerability of the patient and
working in collaboration in order to empower the patient (Providing care to vulnerable
populations: a qualitative study among GPs working in deprived areas in Montreal, Canada,
2015)
According to Brandy Mechling (2011) health care providing to people with chronic
illness or the vulnerable group is a very challenging process for the healthcare providers. In her
article took in consideration the condition of young care givers while providing care to people
who are suffering from chronic illness of mental disorder. She states such care givers to be more
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