Open AccessRestructuring of a General Surgery Residency Program in an Epicenter of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Jackly M. Juprasert,
Katherine D. Gray,
Maureen D. Moore,
Lama Obeid,
Alexander W. Peters,
David Fehling,
Thomas J. Fahey,
Heather Yeo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.3107
Subject(s) - medicine , restructuring , pandemic , staffing , workforce , medical emergency , covid-19 , limiting , disease , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , business , economic growth , mechanical engineering , finance , pathology , economics , engineering
On March 1, 2020, the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was confirmed in New York, New York. Since then, the city has emerged as an epicenter for the ongoing pandemic in the US. To meet the anticipated demand caused by the predicted surge of patients with COVID-19, the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine developed and executed an emergent restructuring of general surgery resident teams and educational infrastructure. The restructuring of surgical services described in this Special Communication details the methodology used to safely deploy the necessary amount of the resident workforce to support pandemic efforts while maintaining staffing for emergency surgical care, limiting unnecessary exposure of residents to infection risk, effectively placing residents in critical care units, and maintaining surgical education and board eligibility for the training program as a whole.
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