What a time to be in emergency medicine!

Our program, like many others, has been adjusting daily with the evolving pandemic. I am proud to say that our residents have shown great leadership, a strong work ethic, and a true sense of responsibility as we all face this global health crisis. Everyone is working harder than ever to keep up with the healthcare demand, and we realized that we are fortunate to be training during this time and gaining a unique educational experience, which we will carry with us throughout our careers. Through these trying times, all of our attending physicians have been incredible in providing support both clinically and on the educational front. Our PD and APDs have been working vigorously to ensure our education and clinical training remains unaffected, and we are incredibly thankful for their efforts.

Over the last few months, we have had several scholarly achievements by our residents. Drs. Kushwaha, Bacci, Au, Mcclure and Hsu published various case reports to the Cureus Journal. We also had several residents — including Dr. Jadhav, Rivera, Al-Marzoog, Glickman, Shepherd and Kushwaha—present their research at the Brandon Regional Hospital Research Day in May. They have put in a significant amount of work and effort into their scholarly activities, and the program continues to proudly support them.

Additionally, our program is proud to announce our very first Chief Residents for the 2020-2021 academic year. Drs. Melissa Bacci, Rachel Oliver and myself are very excited to take on our new roles and help to grow and improve our amazing program even further. Additionally, we have several new faculty members joining our cohort who will bring immense value and experience to the ED and its residents.

Lastly, we are incredibly excited to have our incoming interns begin the new academic year. Our program is finally complete with a full cohort of PGY-1, PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents. Although we have transitioned all academics and our boot camp to a virtual platform, we have several innovative ideas to make this experience meaningful to our interns. We look forward to a strong start to the new academic year! ■