ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic created unique issues for house staff physicians. Gaps in surgical experience due to canceled cases, a focus on obstetrics over gynecology during the spring months when many senior residents and fellows are completing their case requirements and the stress of working with patients infected with a highly communicable disease all contributed to an unprecedented challenge facing residency and fellowship programs. Our objective is to describe how the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency and fellowship programs at Columbia University Irving Medical Center adapted to their changing landscape, redeployed their residents and fellows while assuring ongoing trainee education, wellness and scholarship during the peak of the pandemic.
Subject(s)
COVID-19/epidemiology , Fellowships and Scholarships , Gynecology/education , Internship and Residency , Obstetrics/education , SARS-CoV-2 , Academic Medical Centers , COVID-19/complications , Curriculum , Female , Humans , Mental Health , New York City/epidemiology , Pandemics , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology , Students, Medical/psychologyABSTRACT
In this case report we discuss changes in hospital-based abortion care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight our experience with exposure to an asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patient. We hope early lessons from the United States epicenter will guide clinicians providing abortion care during this and future pandemics.