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COVID-19 and Radiology Resident Imaging Volumes–Differential Impact by Resident Training Year and Imaging Modality
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted radiology departments across the country. The pandemic has also disrupted resident education, both due to departmental social distancing efforts and reduced imaging volumes. The purpose of this study was to assess the differential...
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The Association of University Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33046369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2020.09.010 |
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author | Poyiadji, Neo Klochko, Chad LaForce, Jeff Brown, Manuel L. Griffith, Brent |
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description | RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted radiology departments across the country. The pandemic has also disrupted resident education, both due to departmental social distancing efforts and reduced imaging volumes. The purpose of this study was to assess the differential impact the pandemic had on radiology resident imaging volumes by training year and imaging modality. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All signed radiology resident reports were curated during defined prepandemic and intrapandemic time periods. Imaging case volumes were analyzed on a mean per resident basis to quantify absolute and percent change by training level. Change in total volume by imaging modality was also assessed. The number of resident workdays assigned outside the normal reading room was also calculated. RESULTS: Overall percent decline in resident imaging interpretation volume from the prepandemic to intrapandemic time period was 62.8%. R1s and R2s had the greatest decline at 87.3% and 64.3%, respectively. Mammography, MRI and nuclear medicine had the greatest decline in resident interpretation volume at 92.0%, 73.2%, and 73.0%, respectively. During the intrapandemic time period, a total of 478 resident days (mean of 14.5 days per resident) were reassigned outside of the radiology reading room. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic caused a marked decrease in radiology resident imaging interpretation volume and has had a tremendous impact on resident education. The decrease in case interpretation, as well as in-person teaching has profound implications for resident education. Knowledge of this differential decrease by training level will help residency programs plan for the future. |
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spelling | pubmed-75289042020-10-02 COVID-19 and Radiology Resident Imaging Volumes–Differential Impact by Resident Training Year and Imaging Modality Poyiadji, Neo Klochko, Chad LaForce, Jeff Brown, Manuel L. Griffith, Brent Acad Radiol Education RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted radiology departments across the country. The pandemic has also disrupted resident education, both due to departmental social distancing efforts and reduced imaging volumes. The purpose of this study was to assess the differential impact the pandemic had on radiology resident imaging volumes by training year and imaging modality. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All signed radiology resident reports were curated during defined prepandemic and intrapandemic time periods. Imaging case volumes were analyzed on a mean per resident basis to quantify absolute and percent change by training level. Change in total volume by imaging modality was also assessed. The number of resident workdays assigned outside the normal reading room was also calculated. RESULTS: Overall percent decline in resident imaging interpretation volume from the prepandemic to intrapandemic time period was 62.8%. R1s and R2s had the greatest decline at 87.3% and 64.3%, respectively. Mammography, MRI and nuclear medicine had the greatest decline in resident interpretation volume at 92.0%, 73.2%, and 73.0%, respectively. During the intrapandemic time period, a total of 478 resident days (mean of 14.5 days per resident) were reassigned outside of the radiology reading room. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic caused a marked decrease in radiology resident imaging interpretation volume and has had a tremendous impact on resident education. The decrease in case interpretation, as well as in-person teaching has profound implications for resident education. Knowledge of this differential decrease by training level will help residency programs plan for the future. The Association of University Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021-01 2020-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7528904/ /pubmed/33046369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2020.09.010 Text en © 2020 The Association of University Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Education Poyiadji, Neo Klochko, Chad LaForce, Jeff Brown, Manuel L. Griffith, Brent COVID-19 and Radiology Resident Imaging Volumes–Differential Impact by Resident Training Year and Imaging Modality |
title | COVID-19 and Radiology Resident Imaging Volumes–Differential Impact by Resident Training Year and Imaging Modality |
title_full | COVID-19 and Radiology Resident Imaging Volumes–Differential Impact by Resident Training Year and Imaging Modality |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 and Radiology Resident Imaging Volumes–Differential Impact by Resident Training Year and Imaging Modality |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and Radiology Resident Imaging Volumes–Differential Impact by Resident Training Year and Imaging Modality |
title_short | COVID-19 and Radiology Resident Imaging Volumes–Differential Impact by Resident Training Year and Imaging Modality |
title_sort | covid-19 and radiology resident imaging volumes–differential impact by resident training year and imaging modality |
topic | Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33046369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2020.09.010 |
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