It's a small world after all: A Canadian resident's perspective on COVID-19

J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Dec;27(6):2283-2286. doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02222-0. Epub 2020 Jun 28.

Abstract

COVID-19 has infected millions of people, with an estimated total dead in the hundreds of thousands. This has significantly impacted health care, including who is delivering it, how it is delivered, and how it is taught. This article describes challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of a Canadian nuclear medicine resident, including new risks with nuclear imaging, navigating new and sometimes challenging guidelines, as well as working and living within the confines of social distancing.

Keywords: Infection; PET; SPECT; diabetes; metabolic; molecular imaging.

MeSH terms

  • Aerosols
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Internship and Residency*
  • Nuclear Medicine / education*
  • Occupational Exposure / prevention & control
  • Ontario
  • Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
  • Physical Distancing
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Ventilation-Perfusion Scan / adverse effects

Substances

  • Aerosols