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For academics working in fields such as primary care and public health, the pandemic led to major changes in professional roles as I discuss in an article published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/eprint\/C4PVSTQTDW3F4UICPZFN\/full\">JRSM.<\/a>\u00a0Universities across the United Kingdom closed their campuses in March 2020 and switched to remote working. Staff began to work from home and teaching of students moved online. University staff rapidly had to put in place systems for teaching, monitoring and assessing students remotely. For many universities, these changes will be in place until the end of 2020, with no return to a more normal mode of working until January 2021 at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0141076820947053\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0141076820947053<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on people\u2019s lives globally. 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