Table 2.

Effects of COVID-19 on Surgical Training

Q6. Changes to resident schedules
Residents completely removed from some services	29%
More responsibility given to NPs and PAs	77%
Smaller teams cover all the inhouse patients	12.70%
No change made	5.40%
Q7. Changes to operating room protocol
No residents allowed	1.40%
No interns or junior residents allowed	12.30%
No residents allowed for high risk patients/case by case basis	40.60%
No changes made	31.60%
Q8. Changes in examining patients during rounds
More frequently than before	10.10%
Less frequently than before	35.00%
My role did not change during rounds	55.00%
Q9. Days off per month during the pandemic
<4/month	4.30%
5-7/month	23.50%
8-10/month	16.60%
Q10. Duty hour violations during the pandemic
Yes	26.60%
Q11. Surgical cases performed per week prior to the pandemic
0 case/week	7.20%
1-3 cases/week	16.50%
4-6 cases/week	34.30%
More than 7 case/week	37.10%
Q12. Surgical cases performed per week during the pandemic
0 case/week	35.15%
1-3 cases/week	45.55%
4-6 cases/week	12%
More than 7 cases/week	2.50%
Q13. Outpatient clinics attended per week prior to the pandemic
0 clinic/week	15.54%
1-4 clinic days/week	76.74%
Q14. Outpatient clinics attended per week during the pandemic
0 clinic/week	80.67%
1-4 clinic days/week	13.72%
Q15. How likely do you feel you will NOT meet the traditional ACGME minimum case requirements for your training year with the current schedule and operative volume changes?
Likely	42.20%
Not likely	47.61%
Q16. Are you comfortable graduating with less than the traditional number of required cases? (Yes)
PGY 1	34%
PGY 2	39.60%
PGY 3	42%
PGY 4	58%
PGY 5	65%
Q17. Effect of the pandemic on the amount of educational didactics provided
More than prior	41.30%
Less than prior	34.60%
Q18. Educational curriculum now completely online
Yes	80.60%