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.