Medical residents are left out in the fight against coronavirus
New York City medical residents who were out on research for the year are being reassigned from their research jobs …. to more research. Despite having spent all of last year managing ICU patients, a PGY-3 resident in New York City, received notice his reassignment will involve consenting COVID-19 patients for research – and not utilize any of his skills as an MD, let alone his skills managing ICU patients. …
