Francisca Chou, MD Candidate Class of 2022, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, "Factors Related to Distress Experienced by Physicians During Their First COVID-19 Triage Decision"
Francisca Chou presented the study results of the impact of the pandemic on health workers in terms of distress over triage decisions. 164 participants answered the questionnaire including self reported rating of their level of distress and various demographic questions. An interesting finding was that neither having received training and/or guidelines on reducing distress significantly helped reducing it. Factors reducing distress were rather expertise and age of the participants, as well as if their triage decisions were consistent with their own core values.
