Table 1 Pandemic response field placements in the COVID-19 elective course

UTHA^a Contact Tracing

• Identify patients with lab-confirmed COVID-19; call all contacts during their infectious period

4

• Enroll patients with COVID-19 into a home monitoring program

• Counsel contacts of positive patients on self-solation or quarantine protocol and refer to testing

UTHA Home Monitoring Program

• Review literature on home monitoring and design a study to address a knowledge gap

2

• Perform data collection, analysis, and writing of study findings, and submit for publication

• Help develop home-monitoring protocol and other program materials

UTHA Phone Triage

• Counsel patients calling with symptoms or questions related to COVID-19; refer as needed

4

• Coordinate referrals to COVID-19 drive-thru testing

DMS^a Community Exchange

• Assist team to vet community needs from local organization and match with creative solutions and/or donations from individuals or businesses

1

• Review literature on creating improvised PPE for use by first-line responders

• Create protocols for infection control while wearing improvised PPE

DMS Library/ UT Austin COVID-19 Modeling Group

• Collate information on COVID-19 hospitalizations from peer-reviewed literature, state health department sites, news sources, and communication with health leaders in key U.S. cities to inform local modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic

3

CUC^b Phone Triage

• Counsel patients calling with symptoms or questions related to COVID-19; provide referrals as needed

3

• Refer patients to local resources for social needs

CUC Drive-Thru Testing

• Educate and counsel patients in the drive-thru line on isolation vs quarantine procedures

1

• Develop educational materials (handouts / pamphlets) on isolation and quarantine for CUC patients

• Help manage data capture and data entry during the drive-thru testing process

LSCC^b Phone Triage

• Phone outreach to patients at high risk for complications of COVID-19 and transitioning in-person visits to telemedicine visits

2

• Counseling patients with questions related to COVID-19