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. 2020 May 22;139:734–740. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.139

Table 2.

Changes in Resident Roles and Deployment in Response to COVID Pandemic

Question n (%)
Strategies to reduce resident exposure
 Reduction in resident shift length 20 (35.1)
 Reduction in days worked per week 37 (64.9)
 Reduction in number of residents in hospital at any one time 54 (94.7)
 Other 7 (12.3)
Change in resident involvement in operative cases
 Minimize number of residents scrubbing 27 (47.4)
 Increase the number of double-scrub cases 2 (3.5)
 No change 25 (43.9)
 Other 3 (5.3)
Redeployment of residents
 Residents have been redeployed to other services 8 (14.0)
If redeployed, populations covered
 ICU non-COVID 3 (5.3)
 ICU COVID 6 (10.5)
 Floor non-COVID 0 (0)
 Floor COVID 0 (0)
 Outpatient or emergency department screening 1 (1.8)
 Transport teams 0 (0)
 Proceduralist teams 1 (1.8)
 Other 0 (0)
Other resident populations that have been redeployed
 General surgery 19 (33.3)
 Internal medicine 27 (47.4)
 Anesthesia/critical care 25 (43.9)
 Other surgical subspecialties 9 (15.8)
 Other 6 (10.5)

ICU, intensive care unit.