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Thank You for Your Flexibility During These Unprecedented Times

Educational Objective
To understand the importance of flexibility, patience, and understanding during unprecedented times such as a global pandemic
1 Credit CME

As chief residents of one of the largest internal medicine programs in the country, we entered the year expecting to send and receive a lot of emails, many ending with words of thanks or encouragement. However, as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) invaded New York City and every aspect of our lives this spring, there were few words that could yield comfort amid so much uncertainty.

“I have a cough. Can I come to work?”

“What is going on with my schedule?”

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Amy Ou, MD, NYU Langone Health, 462 First Ave, NBV 16N30, New York, NY 10016 (amy.ou@nyulangone.org).

Published Online: August 10, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3020

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Acknowledgments: We thank co–chief residents Cary Blum, MD; Carolyn Drake, MD; Kelsey Luoma, MD; Custon Nyabanga, MD; Gabriel Perreault, MD; and Tanya Wilcox, MD, at NYU Langone Health for formulation of the topics covered in this piece. No compensation was received for this work.

AMA CME Accreditation Information

Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
  • 1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

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