IJMDC. 2020; 4(1): 1-6
Authors: Abrar Abdu Mohammed.
Background: This study aims to evaluate the level of medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 128 medical students and interns using a questionnaire listing different radiation doses of common radiological procedures. Student's t-test was performed to compare the means of different study groups with two categories. The variables with more than two categories were assessed using the one-way analysis of variance. Results: Overall, the level of knowledge was very poor (mean score of 0.71 out of 9.00). Only 4.6% of students and intern doctors correctly identified the actual dose received from chest X-rays. Only 11.5% and 10.3% being aware that magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound are non-ionizing imaging modalities. Conclusion: By some previous studies, most of the medical students and intern doctors had poor knowledge about the actual dose exposure during common radiological examinations. Also, a significant number of study subjects had never been educated on ionizing radiation. This lack of knowledge may lead future doctors to order harmful, unnecessary radiological investigations.
Keywords:
Ionizing radiation, medical education, radiological procedures, radiation exposure.
Abrar Abdu Mohammed. Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2020; 4(1): 1-6. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
Abrar Abdu Mohammed. Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia. http://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=15260 [Access: January 18, 2021]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
Abrar Abdu Mohammed. Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2020; 4(1): 1-6. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
Abrar Abdu Mohammed. Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. (2020), [cited January 18, 2021]; 4(1): 1-6. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
Abrar Abdu Mohammed (2020) Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia. IJMDC, 4 (1), 1-6. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
Abrar Abdu Mohammed. 2020. Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 4 (1), 1-6. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
Abrar Abdu Mohammed. "Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 4 (2020), 1-6. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
Abrar Abdu Mohammed. "Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 4.1 (2020), 1-6. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
Abrar Abdu Mohammed (2020) Medical students' and intern doctors' awareness of ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological procedures: a cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 4 (1), 1-6. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1541026632
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