Table 3.
Responses to the question: “Again, looking back to the beginning of the pandemic and thinking about your breast radiology education, what do you think could have been done differently to support your breast education?”
| Things that could have been done differently |
| More webinars (2) |
| “National higher breast trainee webinars would also have been of value.” |
| More online (live) teaching sessions/case-based reviews (3) |
| More online educational resources (e.g. bank of mammograms) (1) |
| More effort into (in-person) teaching to help get the most out of the placement (1) |
| Better access to home workstations/reporting facilities (e.g. for mammography) (1) |
| More/better opportunities for simulated biopsy practice (2) |
| Remote access to the MDM (1) |
| Dedicated time to allow for viewing of webinars and completion of eLfH modules. (1) |
| “Needed clinical exposure. Could have had core breast radiology catch-up programmes nationally?” (1) |
| Other comments |
| Missed out on breast MRI (2) |
| “If the normal rota was not disrupted it would have given more time for attending webinars and using other resources. Also stopping screening significantly reduced mammo reading numbers.” (1) |
| Not had a core breast rotation at ST1 or 2, though not necessarily as a result of the pandemic, so have missed an educational opportunity and any opportunity to experience breast radiology before making career choice (1) |
| “Not sure” (2) |
| No |
| “No” (13) |
| Specific comments: “I was as well supported as I could be” |
| “With such little time to prepare I think it would have been difficult” |
| “Happy with training during pandemic” |
| “Nothing could be done. The trainees were redeployed to the wards” |
| “None, I had a near normal core breast rotation.” |
| “Nothing. It was great.” |
Common themes have been grouped. Verbatim responses are given in quotation marks. The number of comments per grouped theme/comment is given in parenthesis. Comments were received from 28 respondents; note that in some cases respondents made more than one comment and these have been counted separately.