Almuhanna Afnan Fahad, Alsultan Deem Hamad, Almohsen Danyah Saleh, AlHuraish Deemah Salem, AlRatrout Farah Nedal, Alzanadi Rabab Hussain, Sharbini Nersyan Talaat
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia (A.F.A.).
College of Medicine and Surgery, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia (D.H.A., D.S.A, D.S.AlH., F.N.A., R.H.A., N.T.S.).
Acad Radiol. 2025 Apr;32(4):2371-2377. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.12.015. Epub 2025 Jan 11.
Radiology plays a crucial role in modern healthcare as it facilitates the diagnosis and treatment of various medical conditions in different specialties. Therefore, this study aimed to gain insights into the factors that contribute to medical students choosing radiology as a future career.
This cross-sectional study used an online, self-administered questionnaire. Data were collected exclusively from medical students at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University in Saudi Arabia from August to September 2023. The chi-square test was used to assess the factors associated with medical students' choices as a future specialty.
A total of 431 eligible respondents completed the survey; 267 (61.9%) were female, and their ages ranged from 18-36 years. When asked about their specialty of choice, 209 (48.5%) were interested in surgery and internal medicine, whereas only 81 (18.8%) chose radiology. Regarding the factors influencing the choice of radiology, the majority (85.6%) reported the importance of lifestyle in their choice, followed by the impact on patient care (83.5%), work environment (82.1%), intellectual challenge (79.8%), presence of procedures (76.6%), degree of patient contact (76.1%), and pre-existing experience of radiology (75.9%).
Many factors influence medical students' choices of radiology as a future career. Predominantly, the working environment, current exposure, knowledge of the specialty, extent of patient contact, and work-life balance were chosen as the main factors affecting medical students' choices when considering radiology as a future specialty.
放射学在现代医疗保健中发挥着关键作用，因为它有助于不同专业对各种医疗状况进行诊断和治疗。因此，本研究旨在深入了解促使医学生选择放射学作为未来职业的因素。
本横断面研究采用在线自填问卷。数据仅于2023年8月至9月从沙特阿拉伯伊玛目阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·本·费萨尔大学的医学生中收集。采用卡方检验评估与医学生未来专业选择相关的因素。
共有431名符合条件的受访者完成了调查；其中267名（61.9%）为女性，年龄在18 - 36岁之间。当被问及他们选择的专业时，209名（48.5%）对外科和内科感兴趣，而只有81名（18.8%）选择了放射学。关于影响放射学选择的因素，大多数（85.6%）报告生活方式在其选择中的重要性，其次是对患者护理的影响（83.5%）、工作环境（82.1%）、智力挑战（79.8%）、存在操作程序（76.6%）、患者接触程度（76.1%）以及先前的放射学经验（75.9%）。
许多因素影响医学生选择放射学作为未来职业。主要地，工作环境、当前接触情况、专业知识、患者接触程度以及工作与生活的平衡被选为在考虑放射学作为未来专业时影响医学生选择的主要因素。
