Abstract
Purpose:The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has swept the globe, with a domino effect on medical education and training. In this study, we surveyed Canadian radiology residents to understand the impact of the pandemic on their residency training, strategies utilized by the residency programs in mitigating those impacts, and factors important to residents in the selection of educational resources on COVID-19.Methods:A 10-item questionnaire was distributed to 460 resident members of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. The survey was open for 2 weeks, with a reminder sent at half-way mark.Results:We received 96 responses (response rate: 20.9%). The 4 highest affected domains of training were daytime case volumes (92.4%), daytime schedules (87.4%), internal and external assessments (86.5%), and vacation/travel (83.3%). Virtual teaching rounds (91.7%), change in schedules to allow staying home (78.1%), and virtual/phone readouts (72.9%) were the most utilized strategies by the Canadian radiology residency programs. Overall stress of exposure to the disease was moderate to low (86.5%). A minority of the residents were redeployed (6.2%), although most (68.8%) were on standby for redeployment. Residents preferred published society guidelines (92.3%), review papers (79.3%), video lectures (79.3%), and web tools (76.9%) for learning about COVID-19 imaging manifestations.Conclusion:The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on various domains of the Canadian radiology residency programs, which has been mitigated by several strategies employed by the training programs.
Highlights
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly swept across the globe, causing unprecedented impact on the health system.[1]
Radiology trainees needed to educate themselves on the spectrum of imaging manifestations of COVID-19 in a relatively short period of time, given that they would likely encounter COVID-19 patients during their daytime and on-call coverage
The COVID-19 pandemic quickly swept the world in the spring of 2020
Summary
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly swept across the globe, causing unprecedented impact on the health system.[1] The pandemic led to significant alterations and disruptions in the Canadian system,[2] with a domino effect on medical education and training. Certain provincial health systems mandated redeployment of their trainees to areas other than their core training to secure adequate manpower for caring of current and projected cases of COVID-19.4 Numerous medical conferences and examinations were either cancelled or postponed, creating barriers in knowledge dissemination and licensure accreditation.[5,6] The well-being and safety of trainees became increasingly important as they continued to provide daytime and on-call coverage during the pandemic. Radiology trainees needed to educate themselves on the spectrum of imaging manifestations of COVID-19 in a relatively short period of time, given that they would likely encounter COVID-19 patients during their daytime and on-call coverage
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