An assessment of medical students’ awareness of radiation exposures associated with diagnostic imaging investigations

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dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Owen J.
dc.contributor.authorO'Regan, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Bronagh
dc.contributor.authorBurgoyne, Louise N.
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Max F.
dc.contributor.authorMaher, Michael M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-26T12:04:48Z
dc.date.available2018-04-26T12:04:48Z
dc.date.issued2010-03-03
dc.date.updated2018-04-26T11:56:23Z
dc.description.abstractObjectives: This study assessed students’ awareness of radiation exposures and determined the impact a curriculum in clinical radiology (CICR) had on awareness. Methods: Six hundred seventy medical students at one medical school were studied. CICR was delivered in yearly modules over the 5-year programme. Five hundred twenty-three students (years 1–5), exposed to increasing numbers of CICR modules and 147 students beginning medical school (year 0), represented the study and control groups, respectively. Students completed a multiple choice questionnaire assessing radiation knowledge and radiology teaching. Results: Most students in the study population received CICR but 87% considered they had not received radiation protection instruction. The percentage of correctly answered questions was significantly higher in the study population than the control group (59.7% versus 38%, p < 0.001). Students who received CICR achieved higher scores than those who did not (61.3% compared with 42.8%, p < 0.001). Increasing exposure to CICR with each year of medical education was associated with improved performance. Conclusions: Assessment of students’ awareness of radiation exposures in diagnostic imaging demonstrates improved performance with increasing years in medical school and/or increasing exposure to CICR. Findings support the Euroatom 97 directive position, advocating implementation of radiation protection instruction into the undergraduate medical curriculum.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationO’Sullivan, J., O’Connor, O. J., O’Regan, K., Clarke, B., Burgoyne, L. N., Ryan, M. F. and Maher, M. M. (2010) 'An assessment of medical students’ awareness of radiation exposures associated with diagnostic imaging investigations', Insights into Imaging, 1(2), pp. 86-92. doi: 10.1007/s13244-010-0009-8en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13244-010-0009-8
dc.identifier.endpage92en
dc.identifier.issn1869-4101
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInsights into Imagingen
dc.identifier.startpage86en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5884
dc.identifier.volume1en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg. Published in cooperation with the European Society of Radiologyen
dc.rights© European Society of Radiology 2010en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectMedical studentsen
dc.subjectRadiation protectionen
dc.subjectMedical educationen
dc.titleAn assessment of medical students’ awareness of radiation exposures associated with diagnostic imaging investigationsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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