Does the Use of a Checklist Help Medical Students in the Detection of Abnormalities on a Chest Radiograph?
J Digit Imaging
; 30(6): 726-731, 2017 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-28560508
ABSTRACT
The interpretation of chest radiographs is a complex task that is prone to diagnostic error, especially for medical students. The aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which medical students benefit from the use of a checklist regarding the detection of abnormalities on a chest radiograph. We developed a checklist based on literature and interviews with experienced thorax radiologists. Forty medical students in the clinical phase assessed 18 chest radiographs during a computer test, either with (n = 20) or without (n = 20) the checklist. We measured performance and asked participants for feedback using a survey. Participants that used a checklist detected more abnormalities on images with multiple abnormalities (M = 50.1%) than participants that could not use a checklist (M = 41.9%), p = 0.04. The post-experimental survey shows that on average, participants considered the checklist helpful (M = 3.25 on a five-point scale), but also time consuming (M = 3.30 on a five-point scale). In conclusion, a checklist can help medical students to detect abnormalities in chest radiographs. Moreover, students tend to appreciate the use of a checklist as a helpful tool during the interpretation of a chest radiograph. Therefore, a checklist is a potentially important tool to improve radiology education in the medical curriculum.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radiologia
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Estudantes de Medicina
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Doenças Torácicas
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Radiografia Torácica
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Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina
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Lista de Checagem
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article