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Table 5 Factors affecting students’ understanding of MRI and its safety. Teaching in radiology, radiation protection and knowledge of radiology and physics were all associated with better levels of knowledge

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

Factors affecting perception

% associating MRI with cancer risk

P-value

Teaching in radiology

Yes

22.7

<0.001

No

26.5

Education in radiation protection

Yes

16.6

0.031

No

26.3

Knowledge of radiology

Excellent

7.5

<0.001

None

31.2

Knowledge of medical physics

Excellent

19.6

0.007

None

25.1

Gender

Male

21.8

0.277*

Female

29

  1. *The difference was significant in years 0, 1 and 3