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Remote Teaching, Virtual Learning, Digital Classrooms in Radiology at Cincinnati Children’s During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Post Date: April 16, 2020
Remote Teaching, Virtual Learning, Digital Classrooms in Radiology at Cincinnati Children’s During the COVID-19 Pandemic

On a typical day in the Radiology Department at Cincinnati Children’s, we may have up to 12 trainees in the department learning about pediatric radiology. In these unprecedented times, with the need for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, radiology residents (doctors training to be radiologists) and pediatric radiology fellows (radiologists training to sub-specialize in pediatric radiology) are frequently working from offsite, rather than in the radiology reading rooms with the faculty

Image: Radiologist participating in an online learning conference. The upper portion of the screen displays the participants, the middle showing shared content of the presenter and below are the controls of the user.

In order to continue to educate our trainees, video conferencing has become the new digital classroom. When wanting to teach a didactic lecture or case conference, the conference link is shared with the participants and it is as easy as clicking on the link to join the meeting and hear the presenter. If the presenter has a question for the audience, the participants can click a button to unmute their phone and they are able to answer the question, or even ask a question of their own. If they would prefer to ask a question in writing, they type a chat message in the video conference platform, and the presenter and participants can see the question.  

We have also used videoconferencing to add additional learning opportunities throughout the week and to continue our weekly multidisciplinary conferences with the ordering physicians so we can continue to take the best care of our patients. Although we are a bit farther apart, we are still Safer Together. 

Dr. Bernadette L. Koch, author; Glenn Miñano, BFA, editor; Meredith Towbin, copyeditor.

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About the author: Glenn Miñano

Glenn Miñano is a media specialist in the Department of Radiology, providing graphic design, photography, printing, video services, and administration of the department’s online properties. His works have been published in several medical articles, such as the American Journal of Radiology and the American Institute of Ultrasound. He has been providing these services to the Radiology Department since 1996.

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The Radiology Department at Cincinnati Children's is a leader in pediatric diagnostic imaging, radiology research, and radiation dose reduction.

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