id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-313916-i9af6rgx Kuhn, Andrew W. To “Heed the Call” Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From 4 Incoming Orthopaedic Surgery Interns 2020-06-09 .txt text/plain 1912 96 54 title: To "Heed the Call" Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From 4 Incoming Orthopaedic Surgery Interns Although we should take time to reflect on our medical school careers, in its essence, Match Day and graduation ceremonies are just 2 more of the many steps necessary to reach our goal of becoming practicing orthopaedic surgeons. In certain metropolitan areas hit hardest, such as New York City, orthopaedic residents and attending surgeons have been redeployed "into the trenches" (i.e., the emergency department or intensive care unit) to help take care of COVID-19 patients. Instead of going to medical school to become physician first and an orthopaedic surgeon second, many seem to bypass the physician part." 14 Our classmates graduating and going into specialties such as emergency medicine, internal medicine, general surgery, or pediatrics have likely had additional exposure to fields such as pulmonology, medical intensive care, and infectious diseases during their elective time. ./cache/cord-313916-i9af6rgx.txt ./txt/cord-313916-i9af6rgx.txt