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cord-272726-ljjirt4g	Brethauer, Stacy A.	Redesigning a Department of Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic	2020-04-28		.txt	text/plain	3555	174	48	The department of surgery played a leading role in establishing clinical protocols, guidelines, and policies in preparation for a surge of COVID-19 patients. Within the department of surgery, these challenges required leadership to form new workgroups and reporting structures, establish clear communication strategies, redefine clinical activities for the faculty, and modify the workloads of trainees. For services still performing some essential operations (e.g., advanced cancer, emergent cardiac, trauma, or acute care surgery), every effort was made to minimize the number of faculty coming to work with coverage provided by those who were coming in for operative cases or on call. This "second surge" of elective cases will present its own set of logistic challenges and requires early planning to facilitate care of surgical patients once the COVID-19 surge has passed.	./cache/cord-272726-ljjirt4g.txt	./txt/cord-272726-ljjirt4g.txt