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.