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cord-337186-5zwt2bfo	Fero, Katherine E.	Perceived Impact of Urologic Surgery Training Program Modifications due to COVID-19 in the United States	2020-06-06		.txt	text/plain	3112	164	39	Respondents reported decreased surgical volume (83%-100% varying by subspecialty), increased use of telehealth (99%), a transition to virtual educational platforms (95%) and decreased size of inpatient resident teams (90%). Significantly more respondents from high COVID-19 regions reported decreased emergency urologic surgical volume (76% vs 22%, p = 0.01) and cancelled educational activities (11% vs 1%, p < 0.01). A significantly larger proportion of respondents in high COVID-19 regions reported urology trainees caring for COVID-19 patients (91% vs 7%, p= 0.03), being re-deployed (37% vs 11%, p<0.01), and being required to stay at home due to sickness or exposure (78% vs 20%, p <0.01). In the months after the emergence of COVID-19, US urology residency programs underwent significant modifications including decreased surgical and ambulatory volume, increased use of telehealth, increased educational activities via virtual platforms and significant workforce restructuring.	./cache/cord-337186-5zwt2bfo.txt	./txt/cord-337186-5zwt2bfo.txt