Agrawal Deepsha, Renfrew Michael Alan, Singhal Sulove, Bhansali Yash
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington, UK.
College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
CVIR Endovasc. 2019 Dec 27;2(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s42155-019-0093-x.
Interventional radiology (IR) is a novel and evolving sub-specialty that encompasses image guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. With the advent of new imaging techniques and an increasing demand of minimally invasive procedures, IR continues to grow as a core component in medical and surgical therapeutics. Radiology teaching is a part of medical undergraduate curriculum; however, the medical undergraduate cohort lacks exposure to IR principles, methods and techniques. The purpose of this study is to determine the knowledge and awareness of IR among medical students in a single university in India.
Electronic anonymous surveys were sent to 350 medical students of Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, India. Each survey comprised of questions assessing knowledge and exposure to IR. A total of 70 students (20%) responded.
85.7% of respondents positively reported that radiologists have a role in diagnostic as well as therapeutic interventions, however, 60% of students cited a very poor/poor knowledge of IR. A larger part, 91.5%, stated that they would be interested in IR based teaching delivered as a part of their undergraduate teaching program. Those who knew at least one interventional radiology technique were 1.51 (95% CI: 1.02-2.22; p < 0.05) times more likely to be considering it as a career.
Medical Students demonstrate a poor knowledge of IR. This corresponds to a limited and inconsistent exposure to IR in medical schools. The study suggests that there is a need to deliver an IR based curriculum in medical undergraduate teaching in India. Our proposition includes introducing a regulated IR teaching in undergraduate medical education using new module designs and presenting medical students an opportunity to attend IR education days, symposiums and conferences to incite early participation.
介入放射学（IR）是一个新兴且不断发展的亚专业，涵盖影像引导下的诊断和治疗程序。随着新成像技术的出现以及对微创手术需求的增加，IR作为医学和外科治疗的核心组成部分持续发展。放射学教学是医学本科课程的一部分；然而，医学本科学生群体缺乏对IR原理、方法和技术的接触。本研究的目的是确定印度一所大学的医学生对IR的知识和认知情况。
向印度赖布尔市Pt. JNM医学院的350名医学生发送了电子匿名调查问卷。每份调查问卷包含评估对IR的知识和接触情况的问题。共有70名学生（20%）回复。
85.7%的受访者肯定地表示放射科医生在诊断和治疗干预中发挥作用，然而，60%的学生表示对IR的了解非常差/差。更大比例（91.5%）的学生表示他们对作为本科教学计划一部分的基于IR的教学感兴趣。那些至少了解一种介入放射学技术的学生将其视为职业的可能性是其他学生的1.51倍（95%置信区间：1.02 - 2.22；p < 0.05）。
医学生对IR的了解较差。这与医学院校中对IR的接触有限且不一致相对应。该研究表明，印度医学本科教学需要提供基于IR的课程。我们的建议包括在本科医学教育中采用新的模块设计引入规范的IR教学，并为医学生提供参加IR教育日、研讨会和会议的机会，以促进早期参与。
