Awareness of Interventional Radiology among Clinical Years’ Medical Students and Medical Interns at University of Hail

Albaqawi, Rahaf Abdalaziz Odah; Alreshidi, Meshael; Alshubrami, Dalal; Alrasheedi, Halah; Alreshidi, Fayez Saud; Alrashidi, Ibrahim

doi:10.4103/ajir.ajir_3_19

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“…This finding is in concordance with European, [6,11] Canadian, [5] and local studies. [1,2] Commander et al compared one medial school that offered a radiology course to another that does not offer a radiology course. [8] Fifty-four percent and 38% of medical students from the former and latter medical schools would consider IR as a career, respectively.…”

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“…Only a handful of studies have been published regarding this subject. [1,2] The growth and overall longevity of any medical specialty are heavily reliant on the recruitment of medical graduates who hold interest in these respected fields. This rule also applies to IR, and without the interest and knowledge of medical graduates toward IR, it could lose many of its possessed interventions to other subspecialties.…”

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Interventional Radiology Awareness among the Final‑Year Medical Students in Riyadh

Abohimed

Zahrani

Arabi

2020

The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology

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Objective: Interventional radiology (IR) is experiencing massive growth in the medical scene as new interventions are being introduced continuously to contribute to patient care. However, IR does not go without its fair share of challenges. Personnel shortages, turf wars, and a vague understanding of the role of IR in the hospital setting by medical students are a few. The latter could negatively impact the recruitment of young prospects and contribute to further personnel shortage. To combat this, we aimed to assess the final-year medical students' awareness of IR. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire study. Our target population was all final-year medical students at university-based medical schools. Surveys were sent to 822 students, and a total of 719 final-year medical students responded (87.5%). The survey was distributed anonymously during November and December 2018. The survey consists of 21-closed and open-ended questions. Results: The vast majority of the respondents felt that their knowledge of IR was poor (83%), while a few reported that they had a good grasp of IR (16%). Half of the respondents believe that an Interventional Radiologist (IRs) must complete training in radiology. However, 42% thought that radiology and surgery was the correct route of training for IRs. Seventy-one percent and 73% of the final-year medical students correctly identified that IRs perform uterine artery embolization and lower limb angioplasty, respectively. A majority (68%) of the respondents believe that IRs perform cardiac angioplasty and stenting, whereas 57% believe that they perform femoral-popliteal bypass. Conclusion: Our data suggest that knowledge, awareness, and exposure of the final-year medical students to IR are overwhelmingly poor in the region. This can be ameliorated through a number of means, such as directly involving IRs in the medical student curriculum, IR awareness campaigns, and IR symposiums.

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Interventional Radiology Awareness among the Final‑Year Medical Students in Riyadh

Abohimed

Zahrani

Arabi

2020

The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology

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“…Medical students have had limited exposure to the IR specialty during their education and there is no official IR education in the undergraduate curriculum, for example, a 313-student survey in Spain found that medical students had limited awareness of IR (de Gregorio et al, 2018). We found several publications on Saudi medical students, one of which was a big study from Riyadh, Hail and Jeddah, all of which revealed insufficient exposure or knowledge to interventional radiology (Albaqawi et al, 2019;Alnajjar et al, 2019;Abohimed et al, 2020).…”

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Awareness and level of knowledge of interventional radiology among clinical year’s medical students at Tabuk University

Blewi¹,

Albalawi²,

Alharfy³

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Background: Interventional radiology (IR) is a comprehensive specialty that covers a wide variety of image guided minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Although IR is constantly growing, many people are misinformed regarding the responsibilities of IRs in clinical settings. This study aimed to see the awareness and knowledge among clinical year's medical students at Tabuk University regarding interventional radiology. Methodology: A cross sectional, self-administered questionnaire study. Our target population was the clinical year's medical students at Tabuk university Ethical approval was obtained from the ethical committees of the University of Tabuk. Results: More than half of the participants said that they have an adequate and good knowledge about IR. And (53%) did not think that interventional radiologists have outpatient clinics or even do ward rounds in the hospital (51%). Also, 70% did not believe that they treat patients at all. And 55% believed that interventional radiologists must finish training in Surgery and Radiology, while 30% only correctly identified radiology as a method of training. Regarding the procedures done by interventional radiologists they were familiar to the majority of the participants. Conclusion:The results of this study suggest that the awareness of IR among senior medical students in Tabuk and Saudi Arabia are higher than other countries.However, there are still low career considerations for IR due to lack of interest. This can be addressed by increasing the IR exposure in medical school through improving the curriculum related to IR increasing IR trainings.

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“…[6][7][8] In addition, several studies have illustrated that a structured undergraduate IR curriculum improved medical students' knowledge and regard of the specialty. [9][10][11] In relation to Saudi medical students, we found four studies, one of them being a large study from Riyadh 12 and northwestern 13 and southwestern Saudi Arabia 14,15 that unanimously reported poor knowledge and exposure to IR. Thus, we aimed to conduct this survey among Saudi medical students of Jazan University to explore the extent of their knowledge about IR, their interests in IR as a future career, and their preferred methods of learning about IR.…”

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Perception of Interventional Radiology among Jazan Medical Students: Assessment of Knowledge and Career Intentions

Bahkali

Harbi

Kamili

et al. 2021

The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology

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Context Lack of awareness among the students in the medical field is the greatest challenge to overcome in the emergence of contemporary interventional radiology (IR). Objectives We aimed to conduct a survey among medical students of Jazan University to explore their knowledge about IR, interest in IR as a future career, and preferred methods of training in IR. Materials and Methods This was a cross-sectional, self-directed questionnaire study. The target population was all medical students at Jazan University. Surveys were sent to 600 students. The questionnaire consisted of 11 closed and open-ended questions. Statistical Analysis We calculated the size of the sample using the Raosoft Sample Size Calculator Web site. Data analysis was performed using SPSS statistics. Results A total of 270 students responded (45%); more than half of the respondents (58.5%) were in the preclinical stage, while the rest were in the clinical stage. About 62.5% of clinical students and 66.4% preclinical students reported that their perception regarding the terminology of IR was good or excellent. Regarding the identification of interventional radiologists, 50.9% from the clinical students thought them to be radiologists and 50% from preclinical students also identified them as such.About 29.5% from the clinical students and 27.8% from the preclinical students thought them special surgeons, and 31.3% clinical students compared with 30.4% preclinical students believed they are vascular surgeons working with X-rays. About 19.6% clinical students compared with 17.7% preclinical students said they are general surgeons working with X-rays, and 48.2% clinical students compared with 45.6% preclinical students said they are special radiologists who work with percutaneous techniques. There was a significant difference (p = 0.041) in the responses between preclinical and clinical students regarding knowledge about what this medical specialty does. About 60.8% of clinical students reported that their knowledge and information regarding IR are efficient in comparison to 39.2% of preclinical students. Conclusion This study demonstrated that the basic knowledge among Jazan medical students is poor. About half of the respondents were clinical students who understood the radiology specialty, compared with one-third of preclinical students. This could impact the student’s decision toward IR as a future career.

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Awareness of Interventional Radiology among Clinical Years’ Medical Students and Medical Interns at University of Hail

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Interventional Radiology Awareness among the Final‑Year Medical Students in Riyadh

Interventional Radiology Awareness among the Final‑Year Medical Students in Riyadh

Awareness and level of knowledge of interventional radiology among clinical year’s medical students at Tabuk University

Perception of Interventional Radiology among Jazan Medical Students: Assessment of Knowledge and Career Intentions

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