Table 1.

Resident Concerns During COVID-19 Pandemic and Corresponding Departmental Response

Resident Concern	Approach
PPE availability and appropriate use	Institutional supply supplemented with outpatient clinic stockpile Training for extended PPE such as Powered Air-Purifying Respirators Institutional protocol for PPE use in specific encounters according to CDC guidelines
COVID-19 exposure and testing	Outline employee health triage criteria for suspected exposures Provide information on designated testing sites for employees Determine duration of quarantine in symptomatic or COVID-19 positive employees
Elective surgeries and clinic schedule	Postponement or cancellation of non-urgent surgical cases in accordance with the Surgeon General and ACS recommendations Combination of inpatient surgical services with decreased resident complement Creation of rotating surgical teams for inpatient care and back-up pool Transition outpatient clinics to telemedicine, excluding resident participation
Didactic schedule	Weekly didactic schedule targeting ABSITE topic areas COVID-19 journal club Mock orals sessions
Psychological health	Daily institutional mindfulness pause, mental health round table Weekly program director check in Access to licensed mental health professionals in peer support teams

ACS, American College of Surgeons; PPE, personal protective equipment.