Table 3.

Departmental Responsibilities for C‐FIT

Responsibility	Description
Patient care	Provide appropriate supervision to ensure optimal patient care.
Prepare	Preparation should start at least 3 wk before initiation of stage 3; organize and implement planning strategies for FIT. Work with hospital to identify specific needs, and match needs with skills of FIT.
Protect	Maintain social distance, assume each patient is COVID‐19 positive, wear appropriate PPE, one‐to‐one training on use of PPE by experienced staff, maintain emergency “backup” supply of PPE for FIT.
Support	Stress and anxiety are fundamentally related to fear, which can be attenuated by education and learning. Establish effective protocols for “virtual” communication and rapid dissemination of information using web‐based systems. Program directors must be available 24/7 during pandemic to ensure adequate resources to support the mental and physical well‐being of their FIT.

C‐FIT indicates cardiology FIT; COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; FIT, fellows in training; and PPE, personal protection equipment.