Residents as Innovators on COVID-19 Respiratory Isolation Units

Abstract

To the Editor: The COVID-19 pandemic led to a tragic loss of life and an economic collapse that rivaled the Great Depression. During the early stages of the pandemic, the detrimental health effects of

Residency Training in the COVID-19 Pandemic—Addressing the Need for Systems-Based Education

“…They were actively involved in efforts to optimize triaging of patients, turn emerging evidence into guidelines, and create multidisciplinary teams to improve care. [7][8][9][10] With little preparation, trainees brought their strong work ethic, eagerness to learn, and readiness to question norms to improving systems and those who practice within them. By being involved in firsthand, real-time systemic endeavors, residents contributed to academic health systems while learning how to practice independently within them.Author affiliations and article information are listed at the end of this article.…”

“…When academic health systems faced unprecedented hospital admissions and rapidly shifting treatment paradigms, frontline residents reliably contributed to improvement endeavors. They were actively involved in efforts to optimize triaging of patients, turn emerging evidence into guidelines, and create multidisciplinary teams to improve care . With little preparation, trainees brought their strong work ethic, eagerness to learn, and readiness to question norms to improving systems and those who practice within them.…”