Prospective Survey On The Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Radiology Resident Teaching In Aau Spmmc Gondor University Bahirdar University And Mekelle University Tertiary Hospitals Ethiopia
ABSTRACTrnIntroduction; An unprecedented outbreak of pneumonia of unknown etiology in Wuhan City,rnHubei province in China emerged in December of 2019. A novel coronavirus was identified asrnthe causative agent and was subsequently termed COVID-19 by the World Health Organizationrn(WHO).Radiology practices are facing unprecedented challenges not only inrnhow they are providing care to patients but also in how to continue to educate the next generationrnof radiologists. Although the priority is on providing timely and high-quality imaging to patients,rnespecially those infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19), there is still a need tornmaintain our educational mission.rnThis survey is mainly trying to analyses the impact of COVID 19 on radiology residency inrnEthiopian tertiary level hospitals and also look into alternative innovative options that radiologyrndepartments are using in order to continue the residency program.rnObjective; to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on radiology resident teaching-learningrnactivity of Ethiopia.rnMethodology; an online survey was distributed through a social media platform to radiologyrnresident trainees. It will have sections that deal with demography, year of residency, learning andrnteaching activities before and after COVID 19 pandemic, access to internet service at home, andrninfection prevention methods they are practicing in their department.rnResult: Of the total 211 radiology residents who are training radiology residency in Ethiopia 119rnresidents fulfilled the inclusion criteria, Of which 93 (78.2%) are males and 26 (21.8%) arernfemale residents. Nearly half 52(43.3%) of residents are in their third year, while 45(37.5%), arernin their second year of training and the rest 21(17.5%) in their first year of training. Seminar andrndaily image viewing sessions are the most common ways of radiology teaching activities eachrnaccounting for 93.3% and 91.6% respectively. Regarding the current teaching-learning activity,rnmore than half (50.4%) of respondents state that the activities are compromised with somernactivities replaced by alternative models. using open source video conferencing (74.4%) is thernmost commonly used alternative method followed by using social media groups for caserndiscussion (57%). More than half (53.4%) of the residents have internet access outside theirrninstitution which enables them to use alternative methods.regarding the continuation of residentrnteaching-learning activities more than 3/4rnthrnvoted to continue with alternative models.rnConclusion and Recommendation:The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has widelyrndisrupted professional life, including that of medical students and radiology trainees. The normalrnway of radiology residency teaching and learning activities are compromised, but replaced withrnalternative models like, remote open video conferencing, using social media platform for caserndiscussion and supplying residents with online teaching material. But this is a challengernespecially for residents outside the capital city Addis Ababa, as the majority has no internetrnaccess outside their institution. With fast and stable internet access for residents outside theirrninstitutions, the radiology residency can safely proceed with alternative models, especially inrndifficult times like this covid-19 pandemic and other serious disasters that can compromisernnormal way of teaching-learning activity.