College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, UK.
Radiography and Diagnostic Imaging, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Radiography (Lond). 2022 Nov;28(4):1010-1015. doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2022.06.016. Epub 2022 Jul 1.
The COVID-19 pandemic created major challenges across society, healthcare provision and also for those delivering healthcare education programmes. Clinical placements were disrupted and, in many incidences cancelled. Higher education institutions were required to move completely to online delivery methods with little notice. This created significant additional workload, stress and the need to learn new skills at a time of great uncertainty. This study explored the risks of burnout in academic radiographers during the first 12 months of the pandemic.
A survey was circulated using SurveyMonkey™ via personal, national and international networks, including the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS), to reach as many academic radiographers as possible. Disengagement and exhaustion were measured using the Oldenburg burnout inventory. Descriptive statistics and a one-way ANOVA were used to analyse the quantitative data using STATA V16 (Statacorp, TA).
533 academic radiographers responded to the survey from 43 different countries. Mean disengagement was in the medium range and exhaustion was high for the total dataset. In a subset of countries with 10 or more responses, there was significant variation between countries, with the UK having highest mean exhaustion score and the UK, Ireland and France sharing the highest mean disengagement score. In the total dataset, 86% agreed workload had increased during the pandemic and 35% had considered leaving academia in the last year.
These data demonstrate the stark reality of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic radiographers' workload, wellbeing, and intention to leave their roles.
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on academic radiographers and this study highlights the urgent need for remedial measures to better support academic radiographers in order to ensure a sufficient, and sustainable workforce.
COVID-19 大流行给社会、医疗保健服务以及提供医疗保健教育计划的人带来了重大挑战。临床实习被打乱，在许多情况下被取消。高等教育机构被迫在几乎没有通知的情况下完全转向在线教学方法。这在非常不确定的时期造成了巨大的额外工作量、压力和学习新技能的需求。本研究探讨了大流行的前 12 个月学术放射技师出现倦怠的风险。
使用 SurveyMonkey 通过个人、国家和国际网络（包括欧洲放射技师协会联合会 (EFRS)）分发了一份调查，以尽可能多地联系到学术放射技师。使用奥尔德堡倦怠量表测量疏离感和疲惫感。使用 STATA V16（Statacorp，TA）使用描述性统计和单向方差分析分析定量数据。
来自 43 个不同国家的 533 名学术放射技师对调查做出了回应。总数据集的平均疏离感处于中等范围，疲惫感较高。在有 10 个或更多回复的一组国家中，各国之间存在显著差异，英国的平均倦怠得分最高，英国、爱尔兰和法国的平均疏离感得分最高。在总数据集中，86%的人同意工作量在大流行期间增加，35%的人在过去一年中考虑离开学术界。
这些数据表明 COVID-19 对学术放射技师的工作量、幸福感和离开其角色的意愿产生了明显影响。
COVID-19 对学术放射技师产生了重大影响，本研究强调了迫切需要采取补救措施，以更好地支持学术放射技师，以确保有足够和可持续的劳动力。
