Table 1.
Resident Sentiment Surrounding the Pandemic
| Survey Question | Resident Level∗ |
Parametric P Value† | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior (n = 117) | Senior (n = 80) | ||
| Q25. Do you feel that working as a physician during the COVID pandemic has negatively impacted your interpersonal relationships with family and friends? | 0.142 | ||
| Yes | 32 (27.59) | 30 (37.5) | |
| No | 84 (72.41) | 50 (62.5) | |
| Q26. Do you feel you have unfairly been required to continue or adapt your clinical duties in the face of the pandemic? | 0.639 | ||
| Yes | 12 (10.34) | 10 (12.5) | |
| No | 104 (89.66) | 70 (87.5) | |
| Q28. I feel that the COVID pandemic will negatively impact the cumulative experience of my residency training. | 0.028 | ||
| True | 31 (26.72) | 35 (43.75) | |
| False | 39 (33.62) | 25 (31.25) | |
| Unsure | 46 (39.66) | 20 (25) | |
| Q29. I am concerned that I will not meet the required ACGME case numbers by the end of my training due to the restrictions during the COVID pandemic. | 0.190 | ||
| True | 7 (6.03) | 9 (11.25) | |
| False | 109 (93.97) | 71 (88.75) | |
| Q30. Do you feel that the COVID pandemic will ultimately affect your chances of getting the fellowship/job of your choice? | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 1 (0.86) | 15 (18.75) | |
| No | 97 (83.62) | 47 (58.75) | |
| Maybe | 18 (15.52) | 18 (22.5) | |
| Q31. How is your overall perception of a career in medicine impacted by the COVID pandemic? | 0.106 | ||
| More favorable | 19 (16.38) | 8 (10) | |
| Less favorable | 10 (8.62) | 14 (17.5) | |
| Unchanged | 87 (75) | 58 (72.5) | |
Data presented as n (%).
Q, question; COVID, coronavirus disease 2019; ACGME, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
∗
Junior resident level included postgraduate years 1–4; senior resident level included postgradudate years 5–7.
†
Calculated using the χ2 test.