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cord-266242-d4fo3lsn	Ostapenko, A.	Impacts on Surgery Resident Education at a first wave COVID-19 epicenter	2020-08-18		.txt	text/plain	3083	198	46	Background: This study aims to identify the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical resident training and education at Danbury Hospital. Methods: We conducted an observational study at a Western Connecticut hospital heavily affected by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to assess its effects on surgical residents, focusing on surgical education, clinical experience, and operative skills development. However, the consequent opportunity cost was to surgery-specific training; there was a significant decrease in operative cases and time spent in surgical didactics, along with elevated concern about overall preparedness for their intended career. 16.20176073 doi: medRxiv preprint For clinical experience, we compared the number of duty hours logged by residents during the period of interest with the same time in 2019, and calculated a gross difference and percent change. . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.16.20176073 doi: medRxiv preprint affect residency programs across the country with changes to clinical work, didactics, and operative experience of surgical residents.	./cache/cord-266242-d4fo3lsn.txt	./txt/cord-266242-d4fo3lsn.txt