Dealing with the extraordinary: how a community of practice supports resident training during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Table 1 Participating program characteristics

Program type	Residencies	Fellowships	Country
Program type	Residencies	Fellowships	Lebanon	Oman	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	Singapore	United Arab Emirates
Hospital-based^a	31	1	4	4	5	0	12	7
Surgical-based^b	42	1	8	5	8	1	14	7
Medicine-based^c	34	52	6	5	20	0	33	22
TOTAL	107	54	18	14	33	1	59	36

^aHospital-based programs include: Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Pathology, Pediatric Radiology, Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Transitional Year; ^bSurgical-based programs include: General Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Urology; ^cMedicine-based programs include: Allergy and Immunology, Cardiovascular Disease, Child Neurology, Child Psychiatry, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, Hematology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Neurology, Nephrology, Medical Oncology, Pulmonary Disease, Rheumatology, Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Pulmonology, and Psychiatry

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