Endovascular simulation training: a tool to increase enthusiasm for interventional radiology among medical students.
Eur Radiol
; 30(8): 4656-4663, 2020 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Interventional radiology (IR) is a growing field but is underrepresented in most medical school curricula. We tested whether endovascular simulator training improves medical students' attitudes towards IR. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
We conducted this prospective study at two university medical centers; overall, 305 fourth-year medical students completed a 90-min IR course. The class consisted of theoretical and practical parts involving endovascular simulators. Students completed questionnaires before the course, after the theoretical and after the practical part. On a 7-point Likert scale, they rated their interest in IR, knowledge of IR, attractiveness of IR, and the likelihood to choose IR as subspecialty. We used a crossover design to prevent position-effect bias.RESULTS:
The seminar/simulator parts led to the improvement for all items compared with baseline interest in IR (pre-course 5.2 vs. post-seminar/post-simulator 5.5/5.7), knowledge of IR (pre-course 2.7 vs. post-seminar/post-simulator 5.1/5.4), attractiveness of IR (pre-course 4.6 vs. post-seminar/post-simulator 4.8/5.0), and the likelihood of choosing IR as a subspecialty (pre-course 3.3 vs. post-seminar/post-simulator 3.8/4.1). Effect was significantly stronger for simulator training compared with that for seminar for all items (p < 0.05). For simulator training, subgroup analysis of students with pre-existing positive attitude showed considerable improvement regarding "interest in IR" (× 1.4), "knowledge of IR" (× 23), "attractiveness of IR" (× 2), and "likelihood to choose IR" (× 3.2) compared with pretest.CONCLUSION:
Endovascular simulator training significantly improves students' attitude towards IR regarding all items. Implementing such courses at a very early stage in the curriculum should be the first step to expose medical students to IR and push for IR. KEY POINTS ⢠Dedicated IR-courses have a significant positive effect on students' attitudes towards IR. ⢠Simulator training is superior to a theoretical seminar in positively influencing students' attitudes towards IR. ⢠Implementing dedicated IR courses in medical school might ease recruitment problems in the field.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Radiología Intervencionista
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Competencia Clínica
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Curriculum
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Educación de Pregrado en Medicina
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Entrenamiento Simulado
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur Radiol
Asunto de la revista:
RADIOLOGIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania