All Hands on Deck: Learning to "Un-specialize" in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Peter Cram^{1

2}, Mel L Anderson³, Erin E Shaughnessy^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Primary and Specialty Care Service Line, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁴ Division of Hospital Medicine, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona.

Peter Cram et al. J Hosp Med. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;15(5):314-315.

doi: 10.12788/jhm.3426. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

Peter Cram^{1

2}, Mel L Anderson³, Erin E Shaughnessy^{4

5}

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Primary and Specialty Care Service Line, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁴ Division of Hospital Medicine, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona.

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