Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Infectious Diseases Fellows in the United States: Perspectives From the First National Infectious Diseases Fellows Call

Saman Nematollahi; Victoria J L Konold; David C Gaston; Jessica Howard-Anderson; John L Kiley; Mary C Masters; Michael T Melia; Gayle P Balba; Augusto Dulanto Chiang; Nupur Gupta

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofab021

Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Infectious Diseases Fellows in the United States: Perspectives From the First National Infectious Diseases Fellows Call

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 28;8(2):ofab021. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab021. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
⁸ Bacterial Pathogenesis and Resistance Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected many providers, but its impact on Infectious Diseases (ID) fellows in the United States is largely undescribed. In this study, we discuss key issues that emerged from the first national ID Fellows Call with respect to the ID fellow's role during the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching/learning, and research.

Keywords: COVID-19; ID fellowship training; pandemic; postgraduate medical education.

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