MedEdPublish (Oct 2020)

Challenges of Residency Training at the Center of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan, China

  • Zhanghong Lu,
  • Stanley Hamstra,
  • Jonathan Lio

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1

Abstract

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Soon after the identification of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the city experienced a massive outbreak of COVID-19 that severely strained the existing health system. All of the city's teaching hospitals repurposed buildings for COVID-19 patients, and recruited physicians and trainees of all backgrounds to care of these patients. The authors discuss some of the challenges faced by residency training programs during this period and how they were addressed.

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