The effect of COVID-19 on radiology postgraduate training in Ireland

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the healthcare provision, and while it has also had unprecedented effects on medical education and training, the extent has not been fully evaluated.

Aims

We wished to assess the effects of COVID-19 on postgraduate radiology training, and due to the structure of postgraduate radiology training in Ireland, this setting allows for the surveying of an entire national cohort of trainees due to the relatively small national population and centralised national training body.

Methods

A 70-question survey, covering 11 areas of the training experience, was devised. The survey was reviewed by the national trainee committee and approved by the national training and education committee for radiology. This was distr

SUBMITTER: McDonnell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9560879 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature