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. 2021 Feb 16:1–7. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.49

Table 2.

Ways physician mothers prepared

How did you personally prepare Count %
Made sure we had adequate food 1981 73%
Made sure we had cleaning supplies 1548 57%
Made sure we had medications 1469 54%
Made sure we had adequate toilet paper 1394 51%
Developed a plan for child/family care 1255 46%
Made sure we were financially prepared with emergency funds 1119 41%
Obtained PPE for myself 1028 38%
Obtained PPE for family 869 32%
Made sure I had adequate feminine hygiene products 631 23%
Made sure we had plenty of bottled water 623 23%
Updated my/our will 412 15%
I did not prepare 308 11%
Made sure we had adequate baby formula 201 7%
Other 154 6%
How did you professionally prepare
Educated self about COVID 2555 94%
Educated self about pandemics 1734 64%
Reviewed critical care medicine (eg, ventilator management) 892 33%
Ordered additional PPE for clinical site 875 32%
Attended disaster training 366 14%
Arranged disaster/preparedness training for employees 362 13%
Other 236 9%