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. 2020 Jun 13;27(8):1162–1172. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2020.06.002

Table 6.

Resident Well-Being Concerns and Solutions. Themes Extracted From Free-Text Survey Responses. Program Director (PD), Graduate Medical Education (GME), Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Communication
Virtual PD-resident meetings Routine check-ins between Residents and PD allow residents to hear most up-to-date information and serves as a forum to allow residents to bring up issues and concerns
Combats feeling of isolation for those on home isolation or quarantine
E-mail Disseminate meeting minutes from virtual PD resident meeting
Share various well-being support thoughts, ideas, websites, and software apps
Employee health Partner with GME to ensure frequent posting and resident access to employee health
Team with Psychiatry department in hosting resident-led support groups.
Fears
Graduation requirements Share and discuss most up-to-date information and communications from the ACGME
Work with department leadership, section heads, and residents to provide additional opportunities to meet graduation targets
Resident redeployment Partner with GME to ensure radiology residents are appropriately utilized, supervised, and provided PPE to perform redeployment tasks
Work with GME to protect high risk or remediating residents from redeployment
Unique resident situations
childcare Ensure residents have knowledge of and access to childcare support by the hospital and community
Maintain maximum flexibility regarding rotations and call to minimize the impact of resident's loss of childcare
Pregnancy Adhere to national, state, and hospital guidelines regarding pregnancy and patient exposure
Provide ample emotional support and rotation flexibility for pregnant residents to minimize patient exposure