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

Insights into Imaging

Table 2 Factors influencing students’ overall scores.

Factors affecting mean scores of students		Mean scores in %	P-value
Teaching in diagnostic radiology	Yes	61.3	<0.001
Teaching in diagnostic radiology	No	42.8	<0.001
Education in radiation protection	Yes	66	<0.001
Education in radiation protection	No	53.3	<0.001
Self-rated knowledge of radiology	Excellent/good	76	<0.001
Self-rated knowledge of radiology	Average/poor/none	52.4	<0.001
Self-rated knowledge of medical physics	Excellent/good	63.2	0.004
Self-rated knowledge of medical physics	Average/poor/none	54.2	0.004
Gender	Male	56.4	0.218*
Gender	Female	54.2	0.218*