TY - JOUR

T1 - The Radiography students’ perspective of the impact of COVID-19 on education and training internationally: a across sectional survey of the UK Devolved Nations (UKDN) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

AU - Elshami, Wiam

AU - Abuzaid, Mohammad M

AU - McConnell, Jonathan

AU - Stewart, Sharon

AU - Floyd, Martin

AU - Hughes, Delyth

AU - McClintock, Catherine

AU - Eckloff, Karen

AU - Leishman, Lesley

AU - McFadden, Sonyia

PY - 2022/10

Y1 - 2022/10

N2 - The overnight change in hospital practice and service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic raises the question whether undergraduate radiography students received an adequate clinical experience. Many students had their clinical placements cancelled, deferred or replaced with simulated learning. As a way of dealing with the pandemic some hospitals were dedicated to COVID-19 patients only resulting in many elective procedures being cancelled. Many patients also chose to stay away from the hospital out of fear of infection or the desire to reduce the burden on staff. This resulted in a limited range of examinations and clinical experience for those students who were able to complete their clinical placement.AimThis study aims to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the education and training of radiography students internationally in the United Kingdom Devolved Nations (UKDN) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to determine any possible impact on their future careers.

AB - The overnight change in hospital practice and service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic raises the question whether undergraduate radiography students received an adequate clinical experience. Many students had their clinical placements cancelled, deferred or replaced with simulated learning. As a way of dealing with the pandemic some hospitals were dedicated to COVID-19 patients only resulting in many elective procedures being cancelled. Many patients also chose to stay away from the hospital out of fear of infection or the desire to reduce the burden on staff. This resulted in a limited range of examinations and clinical experience for those students who were able to complete their clinical placement.AimThis study aims to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the education and training of radiography students internationally in the United Kingdom Devolved Nations (UKDN) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to determine any possible impact on their future careers.

KW - Covid-19

KW - Radiography

KW - Training

KW - Student education

KW - Mental health/wellbeing

KW - Student perspective

U2 - 10.1016/j.radi.2022.07.009

DO - 10.1016/j.radi.2022.07.009

M3 - Article

C2 - 35989145

VL - 28

SP - S50-S58

JO - Radiography

JF - Radiography

SN - 1078-8174

IS - Suppl 1

ER -