Radiology in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum: Too Little, Too Late?

Dmytriw, Adam A; Mok, Philip S.; Gorelik, Natalia; Kavanaugh, Jordan; Brown, Peter

doi:10.1007/s40670-015-0130-x

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“…This is likely, or at least in part, due to the combination of teaching methods with lectures and case based interactive sessions. Students have mentioned both anecdotally as well as in the literature that radiology teaching is lacking, which suggests that there is a large scope for improvement in the undergraduate curriculum (1)(2)(3)5). We are planning to run this course on a yearly basis to ensure that radiology teaching continues to be provided at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS trust and provide additional numbers for continued research.…”

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“…(1)(2)(3) We feel that radiology teaching is lacking in the medical school curriculum for a number of prospective reasons. Firstly, in our opinion, there appears to be a limit to the direct input that radiologists have in the medical school curriculum.…”

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“…It is unequivocal that medical students feel their teaching in this essential area of medicine is inadequate. (1)(2)(3) Junior doctors report "unstructured" and "inadequate" undergraduate radiology teaching resulting in a feeling of unpreparedness prior to working. (3)(4)(5) Radiology is an ever increasing, evolving specialty, playing an essential role in the patient's journey through hospital.…”

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“…Instead, radiology is incorporated in the various specialties and thus an inconsistent level of exposure and quality of teaching is provided to medical students. (1,3) As a result, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has set out the common conditions that foundation doctors should be competent at interpreting, published as the "Undergraduate Radiology Curriculum". (6) This is particularly important for abdominal and chest radiographs, which in practice may not be reported for between hours to days, resulting in doctors who are not formally trained in radiology needing to interpret and thus form management plans based on imaging.…”

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The Impact of a one day Undergraduate Radiology Course on Confidence and Performance of Medical Students in Interpreting commonly encountered Radiographs

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“…The same variability is found across Europe (Ischerwood and Thomsen, ; Lass and Scheffler, ; Kourdioukova et al, ) and the United States (Gunderman et al, ; Barzansky and Etzel, ; Linaker, ). In the United Kingdom, it has been reported that junior doctors feel radiology teaching at medical school is unstructured and insufficient, ultimately resulting in them being unprepared for work (Nyhsen et al, ), with similar findings in Canada (Dmytriw et al, ) and New Zealand (Subramaniam et al, ).…”

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Musculoskeletal Radiology Teaching at a UK Medical School: Do We Need to Improve?

Marino

Merrick

Edwards

et al. 2018

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The United Kingdom is currently facing crisis due to a shortage of radiology consultants despite ever‐increasing demand for medical imaging. The specifics of how best to teach radiology has generated increasing interest. This study aims to determine whether musculoskeletal (MSK) radiology teaching at the University of Nottingham (UoN) Medical School is perceived to be satisfactory by medical students, Foundation‐Year doctors, and senior medical professionals in preparing students for the demands working as Foundation‐Year doctors. Questionnaires were distributed to all medical students and Foundation‐Year doctors that graduated from UoN (n = 307). Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with consultants and teaching staff (n = 13). Forty‐nine percent of preclinical medical students, 43% of clinical students and 27% of Foundation‐Year doctors thought MSK radiology teaching was not sufficient in preparing them for the radiology challenges Foundation‐Year doctors' face. This difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The consensus from senior medical professionals was that MSK Radiology teaching is currently adequate and producing competent students. Interestingly, only 5% of students were considering a career in radiology compared to 34% of Foundation‐Year doctors. Overall, there seems to be concern among students regarding MSK radiology teaching and students have a lack of confidence with MSK radiology. Foundation‐Year doctors and senior medical professionals do not share this view. This may be due to medical students' lack of clarity on what is required of them. Formal documentation of set learning objectives for MSK radiology throughout the curriculum may address this.

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The Benefits of an Augmented Reality Magic Mirror System for Integrated Radiology Teaching in Gross Anatomy

Bork

Stratmann

Enssle

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Early exposure to radiological cross‐section images during introductory anatomy and dissection courses increases students’ understanding of both anatomy and radiology. Novel technologies such as augmented reality (AR) offer unique advantages for an interactive and hands‐on integration with the student at the center of the learning experience. In this article, the benefits of a previously proposed AR Magic Mirror system are compared to the Anatomage, a virtual dissection table as a system for combined anatomy and radiology teaching during a two‐semester gross anatomy course with 749 first‐year medical students, as well as a follow‐up elective course with 72 students. During the former, students worked with both systems in dedicated tutorial sessions which accompanied the anatomy lectures and provided survey‐based feedback. In the elective course, participants were assigned to three groups and underwent a self‐directed learning session using either Anatomage, Magic Mirror, or traditional radiology atlases. A pre‐ and posttest design with multiple choice questions revealed significant improvements in test scores between the two tests for both the Magic Mirror and the group using radiology atlases, while no significant differences in test scores were recorded for the Anatomage group. Furthermore, especially students with low mental rotation test (MRT) scores benefited from the Magic Mirror and Anatomage and achieved significantly higher posttest scores compared to students with a low MRT score in the theory group. Overall, the results provide supporting evidence that the Magic Mirror system achieves comparable results in terms of learning outcome to established anatomy learning tools such as Anatomage and radiology atlases.

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Radiology in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum: Too Little, Too Late?

Cited by 33 publications

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The Impact of a one day Undergraduate Radiology Course on Confidence and Performance of Medical Students in Interpreting commonly encountered Radiographs

The Impact of a one day Undergraduate Radiology Course on Confidence and Performance of Medical Students in Interpreting commonly encountered Radiographs

Musculoskeletal Radiology Teaching at a UK Medical School: Do We Need to Improve?

The Benefits of an Augmented Reality Magic Mirror System for Integrated Radiology Teaching in Gross Anatomy

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