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. 2020 May;11(Suppl 3):S307-S308.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2020.05.001. Epub 2020 May 13.

Orthopaedic resident management during the COVID-19 pandemic - AIIMS model

Rajesh Malhotra  1 , Deepak Gautam  1 , Jaiben George  1
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Orthopaedic resident management during the COVID-19 pandemic - AIIMS model

Rajesh Malhotra et al. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2020 May.

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Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a tremendous impact on various health sectors including residency training programs. The suspension of non-essential health services at many hospitals has led to an increase in the workload for residents in emergency department while there was a sharp decline in the workload of residents in departments like Orthopaedics. In this brief report, we discuss the strategy employed at our institution to effectively redistribute our residents to manage the pandemic, and the measures taken to promote resident training and welfare.

Keywords: AIIMS; COVID; Orthopaedic resident.

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Fig. 1
Flowchart showing the distribution of resident workforce during COVID.
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    Teams A & D rotate with teams B & C every 4 weeks

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    25% of the resident strength will be ‘Reserve’ at any point of time so that any escalation of need for COVID duty is met

∗The team of residents in ORTHO duty will manage operative, in-patient and out-patient services.
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