UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH GME COVID-19 RESOURCES

University of Utah Health (UUH) is committed to the health of our GME Trainees and wants to ensure you have the most up-to-date to guidance on COVID-19. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your program or the GME Office at any time for questions or concerns. The GME Office can be reached at gme@hsc.utah.edu or 801-581-2401. All of us are here to help you succeed, stay safe and be well.

UUH maintains a constantly updated website that has the most current information and we expect you to become familiar with this site and the enclosed information as part of your GME orientation. For those requiring specific Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) training and fitting such as N95 masks and/or PAPR training, your program will coordinate this as part of your orientation but reviewing the specific links listed in the training resources section will help facilitate these efforts.

You can access this site from the main Pulse page (https://pulse.utah.edu) and clicking on the rotating “COVID-19 (coronavirus)” banner or the permanent gray “COVID-19 Resources” ribbon:

You will need to log on with your uID and password to access Pulse.

Graduate Medical Education515 East, 100 South, Suite 200

Salt Lake City, UT 84102Phone: (801) 585-2401

The site will look like this:

Critical information to review includes:Under Clinical Information tab Under Employee Resources tab

>PPE PPE Recommendations

o Inpatient Testing Color Reference o PPE Donning/Doffing Reminders o PPE Use Guide

Alternatives and Conservation Measureso Alternatives and Conservation Measures

Instructional Videoso N95 Donning & Doffing o PAPR (Powered Air-Purifying Respirator)

Donning & Doffingo CAPR (Controlled Air-Purifying Respirator)

Donning & Doffingo Doffing of N95 Respirator Mask for

Reprocessing

>Personal Preparedness Keeping COVID-19 Out of Your Home

>Report to Work Protocols

Work Wellness (Employee Health) Work Wellness is the source for questions on return to work protocols and other employee health questions. They can be reached at 801-581-2227 during regular business hours and smart web during after-hours and weekends. Their current protocol and information can be accessed via the COVID-19 tile on the Pulse website. Please note that you will receive a link to a COVID-19 exposure screening survey by email approximately two weeks to your scheduled start date. It is mandatory you complete this survey prior to being able to start on your scheduled orientation day.

Regular GME Covid-19 Updates to Program Leadership GME Leadership has been providing regular updates to training program leadership on national and institutional COVID-19 guidance that applies to GME programs and trainees to ensure they are updating their trainees on a regular basis. These updates are coordinated with our major teaching affiliates to ensure efforts are coordinated across institutions. In addition, these are posted on MedHub for review.

GME Wellness ResourcesResidents and Fellows are among the strongest and most resilient people in our country but none of us are immune to stress and between the pandemic, starting a new training program and the general rigors of medical training there is plenty of stress to go around. Our GME Wellness Office provides a comprehensive program than can be tailored to your needs.

GME Wellness Resources include: Mental health appointments (both in-person and via tele-health) are still available to all trainees. You

can set up an appointment by contacting Amy Armstrong . All appointments are free, completely confidential, with no records kept in EPIC and no insurance involvement.

Social distancing doesn’t have to mean social isolation. If you would like to schedule a virtual wellness check-in contact Katie Stiel . Many of your programs already have these built into your curriculum

We have a robust GME appreciation campaign and this continues even in this era of physical distancing. If there are residents or fellows you know of who have gone above and beyond in some

way please let the GME Wellness Office know. With extra care, they are able to put together gift bags for delivery to front porches or a quick meet-up at any hospital entrance. Email Amy and give her the details about the person you would like to nominate. Let us deliver thanks on your behalf to the people you work with!

The Headspace app, which teaches and provides guidance on mindfulness meditation, is now free to all medical providers (must enter NPI number and email address). https://www.headspace.com/health-covid-19

Emergency Child Care Is Available! Need emergency child care? Babysitter sick? Need pet care? Register today so you're prepared tomorrow. University of Utah Health Academics (Trainees included) offers 10 days of subsidized dependent care (for both children and adults). To access this benefit, please register with Bright Horizons (User Name for first time users: uuhs; password for first time users: backup). Once registered, you can receive in-home or facility-based care at any Bright Horizons location. You may also choose to gift any number of your 10 subsidized days to another employee.

For more information about the services available to you, visit Bright Horizons online at https://clients.brighthorizons.com/uuhealth or call toll-free at 877-BH-CARES

As part of the 10-backup care uses, you can arrange care through Bright Horizons or find care on your own (friends, family, centers, etc.) and be reimbursed $100 per day. This Out-of-Network care benefit can be used as a “first option” before or after checking the Bright Horizons network.

For more information, simply search Family Support Benefits in Pulse. For more wellness resources check out the Wellness Office webpage.

https://medicine.utah.edu/gme/wellness/