Open AccessAn Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program’s Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Tiffany Chang,
Brenda Nguyen,
Chi Dola
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hca healthcare journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3830
pISSN - 2689-0216
DOI - 10.36518/2689-0216.1100
Subject(s) - pandemic , obstetrics and gynaecology , covid-19 , residency training , curriculum , medical education , medicine , restructuring , health care , family medicine , psychology , political science , pregnancy , continuing education , virology , pedagogy , disease , pathology , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , genetics , outbreak
The impact of COVID-19 on residency training nationwide has been substantial, and adapting to this unprecedented event has proven challenging for program directors throughout the United States. Here, the authors presented their initial experiences with restructuring an obstetrics and gynecology residency program during the pandemic. The authors outlined their strategies to maximize resident safety and address clinical care in outpatient and inpatient settings, resident education curriculum, resident wellness and consider the ethical dilemmas of health care providers during a pandemic.