Radiology trainee and attending satisfaction with virtual readouts during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tannenbaum, Melissa F.; Shenoy-Bhangle, Anuradha S.; Brook, Alexander; Berkowitz, Scott A.; Chang, Yu‐Ming

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.05.006

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“…Departments operated with a skeleton staff on site to provide services such as interventional radiology or diagnostic mammography that could not be done remotely. Remote education also became the norm for both didactic conferences and teaching at the workstation ( 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ). Although initially work from home was thought to be a temporary adaptation that would end following the resolution of the pandemic, it has become clear that working from home is popular and is most likely here to stay.…”

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Work From Home in Academic Radiology Departments: Advantages, Disadvantages and Strategies for the Future

Recht¹

2023

Academic Radiology

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Work From Home in Academic Radiology Departments: Advantages, Disadvantages and Strategies for the Future

Recht¹

2023

Academic Radiology

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“…While there is evidence that the transition to a remote workplace during the pandemic may have benefited didactic education and conferences [16,17], and that many residents and faculty may support this model [16,18], the impact of remote readouts of resident case volumes is still largely unknown. Secondary outcome data by Poyiadji et al 2020 suggest lagging resident volumes despite the normalization of faculty-only volumes, whereas there are conflicting early data regarding resident case volumes when reading out on at-home versus on-site workstations [19,20].…”

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Evidence for an adverse impact of remote readouts on radiology resident productivity: Implications for training and clinical practice

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Wingrove,

Branstetter IV

et al. 2023

PLOS Digit Health

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After their rapid adoption at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, remote case reviews (remote readouts) between diagnostic radiology residents and their attendings have persisted in an increasingly remote workforce, despite relaxing social distancing guidelines. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of the transition to remote readouts on resident case volumes after the recovery of institutional volumes. We tabulated radiology reports co-authored by first-to-third-year radiology residents (R1-R3) between July 1 and December 31 of the first pandemic year, 2020, and compared to the prior two pre-pandemic years. Half-years were analyzed because institutional volumes recovered by July 2020. Resident volumes were normalized to rotations, which were in divisions categorized by the location of the supervising faculty during the pandemic period; in ’remote’ divisions, all faculty worked off-site, whereas ’hybrid’ divisions had a mix of attendings working on-site and remotely. All residents worked on-site. Data analysis was performed with Student’s t test and multivariate linear regression. The largest drops in total case volume occurred in the two remote divisions (38% [6,086 to 3,788], and 26% [11,046 to 8,149]). None of the hybrid divisions with both in-person and remote supervision decreased by more than 5%. With multivariate regression, a resident assigned to a standardized remote rotation in 2020 would complete 32% (253 to 172) fewer studies than in identical pre-pandemic rotations (coefficent of −81.6, p = .005) but would be similar for hybrid rotations. R1 residents would be expected to interpret 40% fewer (180 to 108) cases on remote rotations during the pandemic (coefficient of −72.3, p = .007). No significant effect was seen for R2 or R3 residents (p = .099 and p = .29, respectively). Radiology residents interpreted fewer studies during remote rotations than on hybrid rotations that included in-person readouts. As resident case volume is correlated with clinical performance and board pass rate, monitoring the readout model for downstream educational effects is essential. Until evidence shows that educational outcomes remain unchanged, radiology residencies may wish to preserve in-person resident readouts, particularly for junior residents.

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“…( 1 ) Given the significant and rapidly changing challenges, trainees and program administrators reported negative impacts on education as well as morale and wellness ( 2 ), although there was also significant effort at sharing information and strategies, with both successes and failures, among programs. ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) Now, almost three years later, radiology training programs continue to regroup from the pandemic's effects.…”

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Radiology Training Program Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Radiology trainee and attending satisfaction with virtual readouts during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Work From Home in Academic Radiology Departments: Advantages, Disadvantages and Strategies for the Future

Work From Home in Academic Radiology Departments: Advantages, Disadvantages and Strategies for the Future

Evidence for an adverse impact of remote readouts on radiology resident productivity: Implications for training and clinical practice

Radiology Training Program Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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