The Early Influence and Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Resident Education and Adaptations

Autor: Desiree E. Morgan, Jennifer A Harvey, Cheri L. Canon, Jessica G. Zarzour, Jocelyn D. Chertoff, Petra J. Lewis
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Radiology
ISSN: 1546-1440
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.07.022
Popis: The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has had a major impact on the education of trainees in the radiology environment. The precipitous drop in patient volumes and sequestering of faculty and trainees to maintain social distancing affects experiential learning. The shift of nearly all teaching settings to a virtual environment has been challenging but may also allow more interaction during teaching sessions than traditional readout sessions or didactic lectures. Faculty development is key in ensuring competence and confidence in this new environment. Recruitment of trainees using a virtual platform will require communication of opportunities as well as the culture of the department and institution as well as the community. Delay of the board examinations has caused angst as well as disruption of the timing of clinical rotations, but may ultimately result in a shift of how the exams are administered. The exceptional disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic allows us to reconsider how the educational aspects of imaging can emerge as improved in the years to come.
Summary sentence: COVID-19 has resulted in major disruption of resident education resulting in a shift to virtual education, meetings, and recruitment requiring faculty development in effective use of the format.
Databáze: OpenAIRE