Skip to main content

Table 2 Recap Survey Responses: COVID-19 Junior Physician Descriptive Characteristics and Opinions of Experiencea

From: Experiences of early graduate medical students working in New York hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study

Descriptive Characteristics (n = 19)

Value

Total Length of Experience, weeks, median [IQR]

6 [4.0-6.5]

Hospital Center, n (%)

 Public (SBUH)

11 (58)

 Private (NYUW)

8 (42)

Direct contact with COVID-19 Patients, n (%), yes

19 (100)

ICU days worked, median [IQR]

 Worked in an ICU (n=8)

6 [3.8-12.5]

Tested positive for COVID-19 since start, n (%)

 Yes, nasal swab (active infection)

0 (0)

 Yes, antibody (prior infection)

3 (17)

JP Opinions of Experience

Positive Opinion, n (%)

Negative Opinion, n (%)

Helpful for residency

19 (100)

Harmful for residency

0 (0)

Pleased in choice to work

19 (100)

Regret choice to work

0 (0)

Beneficial to training

19 (100)

Not beneficial to training

0 (0)

Had appropriate supervision

13 (68)

Lacked appropriate supervision

6 (32)

Had appropriate PPE

15 (79)

Lacked appropriate PPE

4 (21)

  1. Abbreviations: COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, JP junior physician, NYUW NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island, PPE personal protective equipment, SBUH Stony Brook University Hospital
  2. aIncludes a sample of early medical school graduates who worked as Junior Physicians at NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island or Stony Brook University Hospital during the first peak in cases in the COVID-19 pandemic in New York State