Frances Heredia-Negrón, Eduardo L Tosado-Rodríguez, Joshua Meléndez-Berrios, Brenda Nieves, Claudia P Amaya-Ardila, Abiel Roche-Lima
Assessing the Impact of AI Education on Hispanic Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions and Knowledge
Education sciences
freelance economy seen rapid growth worldwide recent years philippines exception freelance workers becoming increasingly common healthcare research early career researchers carry scientific research play critical role advancing public health bringing new perspectives diversity field existing literature mostly focused experiences early career researchers institutional academic setting study aimed understand experiences freelance early career researchers health policy systems space philippines qualitative study collected data 18 22 march 2022 virtual interview focus group discussions themes codes created based topic guide developed new themes codes generated emerged two researchers coded data using priori emergent codes coding conflicts resolved discussions intercoder agreement reached interpretation conclusions data developed 2 researchers consideration context relationship themes fifteen current former freelance researchers participated study female 35 years old undergraduate degree highest educational attainment findings highlight insights challenges faced early career researchers aspects 1 work arrangement 2 tasks 3 expectations senior researchers 4 development health policy systems field 5 relationship peers 6 motivations continuing work freelance health policy systems researcher study reveals challenges freelance early career researchers face highlighting need enhanced support recognition amidst rapidly evolving workforce demands complex health dilemmas recommendations include structured mentorship professional development innovative funding models establishment supportive network advocacy policies ensuring freelancer inclusion economy policymaking crucial future research investigate experiences including roles transitions impacts funding trends foster development integration public health research policy