Restructuring of a general surgery residency program in an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: lessons from New York City.

Jackly M Juprasert; Katherine D Gray; Maureen D Moore; Lama Obeid; Alexander W Peters; David Fehling; Thomas J Fahey; Heather L. Yeo

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Restructuring of a general surgery residency program in an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: lessons from New York City.

July 29, 2020

Juprasert JM, Gray KD, Moore MD, et al. JAMA Surg. 2020;155(9):870-875.

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This article describes an emergent restructuring of a general surgery residency program to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while maintaining staffing for emergency procedures, limiting transmission risk, and maintaining surgical education and board eligibility for the training program.

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