Medical education transformed immensely in the past decade and has more recently become increasingly digitised. These changes have been accelerated by COVID-19. However, throughout this modernisation, it is suggested that there is a continued paucity of radiological education.1 This contrasts with the increased role of radiology in clinical medicine, wherein radiographic investigations are being increasingly utilised as diagnostic, prognostic and monitoring tools.2 Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) liberalised access to scans, allowing non-radiologists to interpret scans if required and thus, rely less on full...

This study is a single centre qualitative cross-sectional study utilising a Likert-style and qualitative questionnaire administered to fourth year medical students. There are two key components to this study. Literature review: an understanding of the quantity and modes of radiology education provided in medical schools in Australia will be ascertained through literature review completed online. Administration of Likert-style and qualitative questionnaire through a secure online survey application. An invitation text was primarily distributed through social media and the mailing list of the student society. The...

The survey assessed the following domains: the importance of radiological education; the quantity, quality, and preferred modes (face-to-face or digital) of radiological education; confidence in radiological anatomy and interpreting basic imaging modalities; interest in radiology as a specialty. Preliminary data was collected from 13 fourth year medical students that participated in the survey. It was reported that radiology education was mainly received as part of anatomy education, and typically delivered either by an anatomist or medical lecturer with other background. The majority of respondents did...

This study serves as a valuable evaluation of the radiology education received by a cohort of medical students and an assessment of the extent to which students consider radiology as future career. This will be beneficial in ascertaining whether changes in radiology education may be required and highlight approaches that students find valuable, which could be subject to further studies that assess suitability for implementation into a medical curriculum.

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