Emergency Restructuring of a General Surgery Residency Program During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Washington Experience.
JAMA Surg
; 155(7): 624-627, 2020 07 01.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32250417
ABSTRACT
Seattle, Washington, is an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic in the United States. In response, the Division of General Surgery at the University of Washington Department of Surgery in Seattle has designed and implemented an emergency restructuring of the facility's general surgery resident care teams in an attempt to optimize workforce well-being, comply with physical distancing requirements, and continue excellent patient care. This article introduces a unique approach to general surgery resident allocation by dividing patient care into separate inpatient care, operating care, and clinic care teams. Separate teams made up of all resident levels will work in each setting for a 1-week period. By creating this emergency structure, we have limited the number of surgery residents with direct patient contact and have created teams working in isolation from one another to optimize physical distancing while still performing required work. This also provides a resident reserve without exposure to the virus, theoretically flattening the curve among our general surgery resident cohort. Surgical resident team restructuring is critical during a pandemic to optimize patient care and ensure the well-being and vitality of the resident workforce while ensuring the entire workforce is not compromised.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
4_TD
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Cirurgia Geral
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa
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Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina
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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Betacoronavirus
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Internato e Residência
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
JAMA Surg
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article