Table 3 Percentage of students in each year associating ionising radiation with various modalities. The figures in parentheses represent the student numbers. Students were most knowledgeable about plain film radiography. Imaging studies encountered less frequently by students such as mammography and barium studies were less well understood.
Imaging study | Year 0 | Year 0 (postgrad) | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chest radiograph | 91 (101) | 100 (100) | 91.1 (111) | 98.9 (86) | 99.1 (112) | 99.1 (109) | 99 (99) |
CT | 41.4 (46) | 33.3 (12) | 50 (56) | 56.3 (49) | 62.8 (71) | 82.7 (91) | 87 (87) |
MRI | 29.7 (33) | 11.1 (4) | 24.1 (27) | 16.1 (14) | 10.6 (12) | 16.4 (18) | 2 (2) |
Ultrasound | 9 (10) | 5.6 (2) | 4.5 (5) | 3.4 (3) | 5.3 (6) | 3.6 (4) | 1 (1) |
Mammography | 36.9 (41) | 55.6 (20) | 44.6 (50) | 54 (48) | 77 (87) | 74.5 (82) | 82 (82) |
Barium Studies | 36 (40) | 38.9 (14) | 46.4 (52) | 71.3 (63) | 71.7 (81) | 82.7 (91) | 88 (88) |
Angiography | 25.2 (28) | 22.2 (8) | 44.6 (50) | 62.1 (54) | 69 (78) | 80.9 (89) | 81 (81) |