Seeing Radiology Curricula Through Turkish Medical Students’ Eyes: A Survey of Turkish Medical Schools’ Radiology Education
INTRODUCTION Radiology education is essential for nonradiologist specialists and practitioners as well as for radiologists. We conducted a survey to gather the opinions of Turkish medical students from first to sixth grade regarding their radiology curricula, radiology education content, and percept...
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| author | Görkem Ayas Emre Altinmakas Scott A Rohren Hakan Dogan Omer F Dogru Emir Y Koselerli Orkun Turksanli Ege Ö Efe Mohamed Badawy Serageldin Kamel Parth Patel Khaled M Elsayes |
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| description | INTRODUCTION Radiology education is essential for nonradiologist specialists and practitioners as well as for radiologists. We conducted a survey to gather the opinions of Turkish medical students from first to sixth grade regarding their radiology curricula, radiology education content, and perceptions of various imaging modalities and to assess the amount, adequacy, and homogeneity of radiology education in various schools. METHODS Turkish medical students were reached by student ambassadors from 10 different schools of medicine via social media and email. They were provided with a 20-question survey—via the SurveyMonkey platform—related to their radiology curriculum and their perceptions of the radiology education at their schools and of different imaging modalities. Subjective parameters were scaled by a 4-point Likert scale and the results are reported by percentages of students. RESULTS A total of 988 medical students (F/M: 61%/39%) from 41 different medical schools participated in this survey. Of those, 57% were preclinical students (≤ third year of medical school), while 43% were clinical students (> third year). More than half of the students (51%) stated that the amount of radiology education included in their curriculum was too little , while 44% of them stated it was just right and only 5% stated it was too much . Only 31% of the participants stated that they were able to review radiology images on their own. When asked about their level of confidence in identifying the position of lines and tubes, pneumonia, pneumothorax, and pleural effusion on chest radiographs, 41%, 39%, 41%, and 41% of the participants, respectively, stated that they were not confident. Thirty-five percent of the participants had not received any training in comparing normal to abnormal imaging of bone fractures, pneumonia, pleural effusion, subdural hemorrhage, or pneumothorax. The majority of the Turkish medical students in this survey had never heard (57%) nor used (64%) the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria. CONCLUSIONS The radiology curriculum in Turkey differs among various schools and most students stated that preclinical radiology course content was inadequate. Further studies and improvements must be conducted to provide high-quality, equitable radiology education that begins during preclinical training with respect to the students’ opinions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aca0761cde584552ba927bfb15a3ed3d2023-06-13T21:03:42ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Medical Education and Curricular Development2382-12052023-06-011010.1177/23821205231181990Seeing Radiology Curricula Through Turkish Medical Students’ Eyes: A Survey of Turkish Medical Schools’ Radiology EducationGörkem Ayas0Emre Altinmakas1Scott A Rohren2Hakan Dogan3Omer F Dogru4Emir Y Koselerli5Orkun Turksanli6Ege Ö Efe7Mohamed Badawy8Serageldin Kamel9Parth Patel10Khaled M Elsayes11 Koç Üniversitesi School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Department of Radiology, Koç Üniversitesi School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA Department of Radiology, Koç Üniversitesi School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul Medipol University International School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, Galveston, USA The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, Galveston, USA Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, , Houston, USA Department of Abdominal Imaging, , Houston, USAINTRODUCTION Radiology education is essential for nonradiologist specialists and practitioners as well as for radiologists. We conducted a survey to gather the opinions of Turkish medical students from first to sixth grade regarding their radiology curricula, radiology education content, and perceptions of various imaging modalities and to assess the amount, adequacy, and homogeneity of radiology education in various schools. METHODS Turkish medical students were reached by student ambassadors from 10 different schools of medicine via social media and email. They were provided with a 20-question survey—via the SurveyMonkey platform—related to their radiology curriculum and their perceptions of the radiology education at their schools and of different imaging modalities. Subjective parameters were scaled by a 4-point Likert scale and the results are reported by percentages of students. RESULTS A total of 988 medical students (F/M: 61%/39%) from 41 different medical schools participated in this survey. Of those, 57% were preclinical students (≤ third year of medical school), while 43% were clinical students (> third year). More than half of the students (51%) stated that the amount of radiology education included in their curriculum was too little , while 44% of them stated it was just right and only 5% stated it was too much . Only 31% of the participants stated that they were able to review radiology images on their own. When asked about their level of confidence in identifying the position of lines and tubes, pneumonia, pneumothorax, and pleural effusion on chest radiographs, 41%, 39%, 41%, and 41% of the participants, respectively, stated that they were not confident. Thirty-five percent of the participants had not received any training in comparing normal to abnormal imaging of bone fractures, pneumonia, pleural effusion, subdural hemorrhage, or pneumothorax. The majority of the Turkish medical students in this survey had never heard (57%) nor used (64%) the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria. CONCLUSIONS The radiology curriculum in Turkey differs among various schools and most students stated that preclinical radiology course content was inadequate. Further studies and improvements must be conducted to provide high-quality, equitable radiology education that begins during preclinical training with respect to the students’ opinions.https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205231181990 |
| spellingShingle | Görkem Ayas Emre Altinmakas Scott A Rohren Hakan Dogan Omer F Dogru Emir Y Koselerli Orkun Turksanli Ege Ö Efe Mohamed Badawy Serageldin Kamel Parth Patel Khaled M Elsayes Seeing Radiology Curricula Through Turkish Medical Students’ Eyes: A Survey of Turkish Medical Schools’ Radiology Education Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development |
| title | Seeing Radiology Curricula Through Turkish Medical Students’ Eyes: A Survey of Turkish Medical Schools’ Radiology Education |
| title_full | Seeing Radiology Curricula Through Turkish Medical Students’ Eyes: A Survey of Turkish Medical Schools’ Radiology Education |
| title_fullStr | Seeing Radiology Curricula Through Turkish Medical Students’ Eyes: A Survey of Turkish Medical Schools’ Radiology Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seeing Radiology Curricula Through Turkish Medical Students’ Eyes: A Survey of Turkish Medical Schools’ Radiology Education |
| title_short | Seeing Radiology Curricula Through Turkish Medical Students’ Eyes: A Survey of Turkish Medical Schools’ Radiology Education |
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