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. 2020 Jun 1:10.5435/JAAOS-D-20-00397. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-20-00397

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and COVID-19-related Data From Five Metropolitan Orthopaedic Residency Programs

Factors Hospital for Special Surgery University of Washington Cedar-Sinai UCLA Tulane University
New York City, NY Seattle, WA Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA New Orleans, LA
No. of residents total (per class) 45 (9) 39 (8) 20 (4) 29 (6) 15 (3)
No. of attending faculty >130 55 41 34 17
Hospital sites (institutions in italics do not have continued resident coverage) HSS NYP Cornell* NYP Queens* VA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Harborview Medical Center* UWashington Medical Center Seattle Children's Hospital UWashington Medical Center-Northwest VA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center* Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Kerlan-Jobe Institute Shriner's Hospital for Children Ronald Reagan Hospital* UCLA Santa Monica VA Olive View Medical Center Orthopaedic Institute for Children University Medical Center of New Orleans* Tulane Medical Center VA Lakeside Hospital East Jefferson West Jefferson New Orleans Children's Hospital
Institution-wide suspension of elective cases March 16, 17 March 16 March 17 March 17 March 10
Implementation of residency program changes March 17, Reassignment April 4b March 23 March 17 March 17 March 10
Residents involved in clinics? No Yes No No Yes—trauma clinic only
Availability of COVID-19 testing for residents?
Type of testing
Yes, if symptomatic
PCR
Yes, if symptomatic
PCR
Yes, if symptomaticc
PCR
Yes, if symptomatic
PCR
Yes, if symptomatic
PCR
Residents suspended from clinical duty with suspected or diagnosed COVID-19 Yes, 6 suspected, 5 confirmed Yes, 4 suspected, negative testing Yes, 1 suspected, negative testing Yes, 1 suspected, negative testing Yes, 1 suspected, negative testing

PCR = polymerase chain reaction

a

Level 1 trauma center.

b

Reassignment of residents occurring after the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Pandemic Status III Declaration.

c

Testing not initially available, mandated self-quarantine protocol if symptomatic.

VA = Veteran's affairs; UCLA = University of California-Los Angeles