Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2020;75:e2229.
Contributions of residents from multiple specializations in managing the COVID-19 pandemic in the largest public hospital Brazil
Fabíola Vieira Duarte Baptista
, Marilia Ribeiro de Azevedo Aguiar
, Joanne Alves Moreira
, Felipe Carvalho Barros Sousa
, Glauco Cabral Marinho Plenns, Raif Restivo Simao
, Vitor Maia Teles Ruffini
, Chin An Lin
, Maria do Patrocínio Tenório Nunes
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2020/e2229
INTRODUCTION
History shows that residents have played different parts in previous epidemics, from the AIDS outbreak to the Ebola outbreak in 2014 (,). During the first SARS-COV outbreak in 2003, universities and training programs responded to the health threats imposed by the virus by changing clinical responsibilities, performing educational activities, and allocating residents to services considered to be in need ().
The novel coronavirus is rapidly spreading and the demands to expand and free-up the capacity for critical care beds, both general and acute, in health services has increased (-). This has caused changes to the routine of major hospitals in Brazil, including the largest hospital complex in South America, Hospital das Clínicas of the School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (HCFMUSP). HCFMUSP is one of the main centers treating COVID-19 patients in São Paulo City, the epicenter of the disease in the country (). It also has the largest number of residents in the country (over 1,600), who serve as an important part of the Hospital’s workforce.
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