Department of Radiology, 153003McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, 381701University of Alberta, WC Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Can Assoc Radiol J. 2020 Nov;71(4):482-489. doi: 10.1177/0846537120933215. Epub 2020 Jun 11.
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.
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.
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.
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.
新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情席卷全球，对医学教育和培训产生了连锁反应。本研究调查了加拿大放射科住院医师，以了解疫情对住院医师培训的影响、住院医师培训计划用来减轻这些影响的策略，以及住院医师在选择 COVID-19 教育资源时重要的因素。
向加拿大放射学家协会的 460 名住院医师成员分发了一份 10 项内容的问卷。调查开放了两周，并在中途发送了提醒。
我们收到了 96 份回复（回复率：20.9%）。培训受影响最大的四个领域是日间病例量（92.4%）、日间日程（87.4%）、内部和外部评估（86.5%）和休假/旅行（83.3%）。虚拟教学轮次（91.7%）、改变日程以允许居家（78.1%）和虚拟/电话读片（72.9%）是加拿大放射科住院医师培训计划中使用最多的策略。总体而言，接触疾病的压力为中度至低度（86.5%）。虽然大多数（68.8%）人处于待命状态以准备部署，但只有少数（6.2%）住院医师被重新部署。住院医师更喜欢学习 COVID-19 成像表现的已发表的学会指南（92.3%）、综述文章（79.3%）、视频讲座（79.3%）和网络工具（76.9%）。
COVID-19 疫情对加拿大放射科住院医师培训计划的各个领域都产生了重大影响，培训计划采用了多种策略来减轻这些影响。
