Online Teaching in Radiology As a Pilot Model for Modernizing Medical Education: Results of an International Study in Cooperation with the ESR

Overview

Journal Insights Imaging

Publisher Springer

Specialty Radiology

Date 2021 Oct 19

PMID 34665353

Citations 8

Authors

Fabian Stoehr

Lukas Muller

Adrian P Brady

Carlo Catalano

Peter Mildenberger

Aline Mahringer-Kunz

Felix Hahn

Christoph Duber

Erkan Celik

Elisabeth Diehl

Pavel Dietz

Daniel Pinto Dos Santos

Roman Kloeckner

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Abstract

Background: Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it proved necessary to rapidly change medical education from on-site to online teaching. Thus, medical educators were forced to rethink the purpose of teaching and the best form of transmission of knowledge. In cooperation with the European Society of Radiology (ESR), we investigated the attitudes of radiologists in Europe and North America toward innovative online teaching concepts.

Methods: In total, 224 radiologists from 31 different countries participated in our cross-sectional, web-based survey study. On a 7-point Likert scale, participants had to answer 27 questions about the online teaching situation before/during the pandemic, technical and social aspects of online teaching and the future role of online teaching in radiology.

Results: An overwhelming majority stated that radiology is particularly well-suited for online teaching (91%), that online teaching should play a more prominent role after the pandemic (73%) and that lecturers should be familiar with online teaching techniques (89%). Difficulties include a higher workload in preparing online courses (59%), issues with motivating students to follow online courses (56%) and the risk of social isolation (71%). Before the pandemic, only 12% of teaching was provided online; for the future, our participants deemed a proportion of approximately 50% online teaching appropriate.

Conclusion: Our participants are open-minded about online teaching in radiology. As the best way of transferring knowledge in medical education is still unclear, online teaching offers potential for innovation in radiology education. To support online teaching development, a structured, framework-based "online curriculum" should be established.

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