1. Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single institution radiology chief resident experience
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Shreena Shah and Michelle Roytman
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Best practice ,Pneumonia, Viral ,VPN, Virtual Private Network ,Article ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Education ,03 medical and health sciences ,Betacoronavirus ,0302 clinical medicine ,PPE, Personal Protective Equipment ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,ICU, Intensive Care Unit ,Pandemic ,ESIR, Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology ,IR, Interventional Radiology ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Social isolation ,Single institution ,Pandemics ,DR, Diagnostic Radiology ,PD, Program Director ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Chief resident ,GMF, General Medical Floor ,Radiology residency ,COVID-19 ,Internship and Residency ,Resident education ,Residency program ,ACGME, Accreditations Council for Graduate Medical Education ,Coronavirus ,Leadership ,Wellness ,Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019 ,GME, Graduate Medical Education ,Anxiety ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Coronavirus Infections - Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed incredible new challenges for radiology residency programs, including resident training under tenuous and uncertain conditions, barriers to communication, deployment-induced anxiety, and social isolation. Chief residents and program leadership play a critical role in guiding radiology residents through these unprecedented times. Best practices and creative approaches experienced in a single institution's residency program located in New York City are shared in an effort to encourage other programs struggling with similar obstacles to prioritize resident education and wellness., Highlights • COVID-19 has posed incredible challenges for radiology residency programs. • Lessons learned by radiology chief residents from a NYC institution are shared. • The importance of communication, preparation, leadership, education and wellness in a radiology residency are discussed.
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- 2020