Adapting a GI Fellowship to a Pandemic: Novel Approaches to Accommodating a Novel Virus

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In the midst of the current Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, residency and fellowship training programs throughout the country have re-evaluated their training structure [1, 2]. As part of an academic medical center in an area that was highly impacted by COVID-19, our gastroenterology (GI) fellowship program was faced with a myriad of new challenges. As with other Accreditation Council for Graduate Medication Education (ACGME)-accredited programs, the early course required a quick response that minimized exposure of trainees to the virus while maintaining adequate clinical coverage. As a GI training program, we had the additional goals of meeting learning objectives and also the technical aspects of a procedural-based specialty. …