id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-343483-puly7tyv Pak, Jamie S. A Urology Department's Experience at the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020-06-30 .txt text/plain 2376 120 48 As the ED-ICU gained prominence in the care pathway of COVID-19 patients at CUIMC, we also played an instrumental role in onboarding providers from other specialties to the attending/resident pair role. Given the residents' increasing comfort with caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients, urology residents were redeployed to this ICU without an accompanying attending. Eventually, as the overall volume of critically ill patients with COVID-19 began to subside, our department was informed that we were no longer needed in the OR-ICUs on May 4 and in the satellite hospital "pop-up" ICU on May 6. Though COVID-19 put a heavy strain on our health care system in general, the changes required to respond to the pandemic led to an overall increased amount of available time for urology residents and faculty. This slow process of rescheduling elective surgeries may prolong the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on both resident surgical training and patient care. ./cache/cord-343483-puly7tyv.txt ./txt/cord-343483-puly7tyv.txt