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. 2020 Jul 13;65(9):2461–2465. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06468-z

Table 2.

Summary of changes on the timeline, including the pre-COVID state for reference and the COVID-related adaptations as documented in the first article

Pre-COVID Mid-March (COVID changes) May 4: increased consult load May 11: outpatient endoscopy resumes Early June
Inpatient consultative services

HUP three fellows gut, one fellow on liver service

VA one fellow

PPMC one fellow

HUP one fellow gut, one fellow liver

VA zero fellows

PPMC one fellow

HUP two fellows gut

VA one fellow

PPMC one fellow

No changes No changes
Calls Two fellows covering the three hospitals per night for phone calls and emergent procedures One fellow for “tele-call” for all three hospitals. On-service fellow for “travel-call” for emergent procedures With more service fellows, fewer nights of travel-call per on-service fellows No changes Return to pre-COVID call model. Call schedule adjusted for distribution
Endoscopy Y2/Y3 join attendings for scheduled cases at four sites, consult fellows do inpatient cases No fellows for any endoscopy Fellows may perform inpatient endoscopy Graduating fellows allowed to participate in outpatient endoscopy on limited basis Other fellows can join outpatient endoscopy on limited basis
Clinic In-person continuity clinics for Y1 and Y3 and subspecialty clinics for Y2 and Y3 Only urgent in-person visits for attendings, no fellow participation. Only telemedicine for Y3 VA clinic Subspecialty telemedicine clinics are ongoing by faculty and available for Y2/Y3 Resumption of Y1 continuity clinic through telemedicine Sixth Y1 does mix of clinic and self-learning
Research Six fellows in basic science laboratories All in-person laboratory activities halted Research laboratories opened on June 8

Y1 is a first-year fellow, Y2 is a second-year fellow, and Y3 is a third-year fellow