Keywords:
Computer applications, Thorax, Conventional radiography, Education, eLearning, Education and training
Authors:
M. C. Teruel-Garrido, R. Lorenzo-Alvarez, F. Sendra Portero; Malaga/ES
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1021
Conclusion
Radiotorax.es is a practical training tool that can be used to monitor progress in learning in a tutored or supervised way.
Improvement in self-assessment have been observed in this study throughout the four-month course,
and the results were reproduced significantly during five consecutive courses.
Skills in chest radiography interpretation increase with practice,
both in the ability to find findings and in the relationship with the diagnosis.
This is reflected in our study seen the improvement in the results month by month,
which is also perceived by the students themselves,
motivating their interest and the desire to improve their own results [6].
In addition,
Radiotorax.es is a training tool that the student has at his disposal (24h/7d).
Physicians with basic medical knowledge do not have the radiological skills necessary to establish a diagnosis based on an image [7].
Radiotorax.es could help the training of doctors and residents,
who view chest radiographs every day in their work without a radiologist’s report,
due to the high demand for radiographs [8].
It would be also useful to assess the skills of other users as general practitioners,
residents or young radiologists,
during a training period or a course on chest radiographs.