An internal medicine residency's response to the COVID-19 crisis: caring for our residents while caring for our patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, internal medicine residencies have had to develop new teaching strategies and attend to wellness concerns. Providing front-line care for patients in a time of widespread crisis while maintaining attention to training has created unprecedented challenges.

Objective

Our large community hospital based internal medicine residency sought to develop and evaluate a crisis response to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic to meet our residents' educational and wellness needs.

Methods

In March 2020, our residency developed a crisis plan for functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A brief survey was sent via email to our 149 residents to obtain their evaluation of how well their needs were being met by this response.

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SUBMITTER: Detterline S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7598991 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature