Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Taibah University, P.O.Box 7295, Zip Code 42361, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia.
Acad Radiol. 2021 Jul;28(7):1002-1009. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2021.03.019. Epub 2021 Apr 21.
To understand and report the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology residents in Saudi Arabia with respect to their education, clinical activities, and personal well-being.
The survey questionnaire was designed by a team of experts based on a review of the literature and was distributed electronically through the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties to residents registered in all radiology residency training programs in Saudi Arabia during the academic year 2019 to 2020. Categorical variables were presented as counts and percentage. Numerical variables were presented as mean and standard deviation if normally distributed. Chi-square testing was used to compare categorical variables with the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spearman correlation was used to correlate numerical variables at the level of significance p-value < 0.05.
A total of 109 residents completed the online survey during the study period, with a response rate of 32.2% (109/337). The mean age was 27.3 years (standard deviation, 1.86). The majority of respondents (71.5%, 78/109) reported either a severe or moderate negative impact on educational activities. Also, the majority (73.4%, 80/109) reported either a minimal or moderate negative impact on clinical activities. Residents training in the western province perceived a statistically higher negative impact on educational activities compared to their peers in other regions (p = 0.01). Residents in their second year of residency training perceived a statistically higher negative impact on their participation in clinical activities (p = 0.014). Less than half of the respondents (45.9%, 50/109) reported that they were redeployed to work in another department. The majority (80%, 40/50) reported a negative impact on their well-being.
The majority of radiology residents in Saudi Arabia reported a negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their education, clinical activities, and personal well-being. Our study also identified and explored some of the innovative solutions and strategies implemented by the training programs and the SCFHS to mitigate the negative effects on trainees.
了解并报告 COVID-19 大流行对沙特阿拉伯放射科住院医师教育、临床活动和个人福祉的感知影响。
调查问卷由专家组根据文献回顾设计，并通过沙特卫生专业委员会电子分发给 2019 至 2020 学年在沙特阿拉伯所有放射科住院医师培训计划中注册的住院医师。分类变量以计数和百分比表示。数值变量以平均值和标准差表示，如果呈正态分布。卡方检验用于比较 COVID-19 大流行感知影响的分类变量。Spearman 相关用于在显著水平 p 值 < 0.05 下对数值变量进行相关性分析。
在研究期间，共有 109 名住院医师完成了在线调查，应答率为 32.2%（109/337）。平均年龄为 27.3 岁（标准差为 1.86）。大多数受访者（71.5%，78/109）报告称，教育活动受到严重或中度负面影响。此外，大多数（73.4%，80/109）报告称，临床活动受到轻微或中度负面影响。与其他地区的同行相比，来自西部省份的住院医师感知到教育活动的负面影响更大（p=0.01）。住院医师培训第二年的住院医师感知到对其参与临床活动的负面影响更大（p=0.014）。不到一半的受访者（45.9%，50/109）报告说他们被重新部署到其他部门工作。大多数（80%，40/50）报告说他们的福祉受到了负面影响。
沙特阿拉伯大多数放射科住院医师报告 COVID-19 大流行对其教育、临床活动和个人福祉产生负面影响。我们的研究还确定并探讨了培训计划和沙特卫生专业委员会实施的一些创新解决方案和策略，以减轻对学员的负面影响。
