Should there be greater exposure to interventional radiology in the undergraduate curriculum?

Ojha, Utkarsh; Mohammed, Raihan; Vivekanantham, Sayinthen

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“…In summary, we agree with Ojha et al 1 that the current role of IR in medicine warrants greater exposure to the field among medical students. With regard to implementing curricular change, we suggest a longitudinal clerkship model to enhance student understanding of IR.…”

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“…We read with great interest the article by Ojha et al 1 in which the authors expressed concern over the lack of doctors choosing interventional radiology (IR) as a subspecialty and predicted a shortage of interventional radiologists in the future. The authors suggest that this shortage may be due to low exposure to IR in the medical curriculum and suggest possible solutions to this issue.…”

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Introducing interventional radiology through a longitudinal clinical clerkship

Kulkarni

Farooq

2018

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Introducing interventional radiology through a longitudinal clinical clerkship

Kulkarni

Farooq

2018

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“…However, due to only recent accreditation of IR as a sub-specialty, modules for IR based teaching have not been amalgamated into undergraduate medical curriculum. In several studies across different countries, medical students have demonstrated a poor understanding of IR, owing to suboptimal teaching and exposure levels (O'Malley and Athreya 2012; Atiiga et al 2017;de Gregorio et al 2018;Commander et al 2014;Leong et al 2009;Ghatan et al 2010;Nissim et al 2013;Foo et al 2018;Ojha et al 2017).…”

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Awareness and knowledge of interventional radiology among medical students at an Indian institution

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Purpose: Interventional radiology (IR) is a novel and evolving sub-specialty that encompasses image guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. With the advent of new imaging techniques and an increasing demand of minimally invasive procedures, IR continues to grow as a core component in medical and surgical therapeutics. Radiology teaching is a part of medical undergraduate curriculum; however, the medical undergraduate cohort lacks exposure to IR principles, methods and techniques. The purpose of this study is to determine the knowledge and awareness of IR among medical students in a single university in India. Materials and methods: Electronic anonymous surveys were sent to 350 medical students of Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, India. Each survey comprised of questions assessing knowledge and exposure to IR. A total of 70 students (20%) responded. Results: 85.7% of respondents positively reported that radiologists have a role in diagnostic as well as therapeutic interventions, however, 60% of students cited a very poor/poor knowledge of IR. A larger part, 91.5%, stated that they would be interested in IR based teaching delivered as a part of their undergraduate teaching program. Those who knew at least one interventional radiology technique were 1.51 (95% CI: 1.02-2.22; p < 0.05) times more likely to be considering it as a career. Conclusion: Medical Students demonstrate a poor knowledge of IR. This corresponds to a limited and inconsistent exposure to IR in medical schools. The study suggests that there is a need to deliver an IR based curriculum in medical undergraduate teaching in India. Our proposition includes introducing a regulated IR teaching in undergraduate medical education using new module designs and presenting medical students an opportunity to attend IR education days, symposiums and conferences to incite early participation.

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Awareness and knowledge of interventional radiology among medical students at an Indian institution

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Renfrew

Singhal

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Purpose: Interventional radiology (IR) is a novel and evolving sub-specialty that encompasses image guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. With the advent of new imaging techniques and an increasing demand of minimally invasive procedures, IR continues to grow as a core component in medical and surgical therapeutics. Radiology teaching is a part of medical undergraduate curriculum; however, the medical undergraduate cohort lacks exposure to IR principles, methods and techniques. The purpose of this study is to determine the knowledge and awareness of IR among medical students in a single university in India. Materials and Methods: Electronic anonymous surveys were sent to 350 medical students of Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, India. Each survey comprised of questions assessing knowledge and exposure to IR. A total of 70 students (20%) responded. Results: 85.7% of respondents positively reported that radiologists have a role in diagnostic as well as therapeutic interventions, however, 60% students cited a very poor/poor knowledge of IR. A larger part, 91.5%, stated that they would be interested in IR based teaching delivered as a part of their undergraduate teaching program. Those who knew at least one interventional radiology technique were 1.51 (95% CI: 1.02 - 2.22; p < 0.05) times more likely to be considering it as a career. Conclusion: Medical Students demonstrate a poor knowledge of IR. This corresponds to a limited and inconsistent exposure to IR in medical schools. The study suggests that there is a need to deliver an IR based curriculum in medical undergraduate teaching in India.

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Should there be greater exposure to interventional radiology in the undergraduate curriculum?

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Introducing interventional radiology through a longitudinal clinical clerkship

Introducing interventional radiology through a longitudinal clinical clerkship

Awareness and knowledge of interventional radiology among medical students at an Indian institution

Awareness and knowledge of interventional radiology among medical students at an Indian institution

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