Medical students who choose a radiology elective: career decisions, motivations, and intentions

Academic Radiology
I M Freundlich, W A Murphy

Abstract

A national survey of American medical students was conducted to determine the effects of taking a radiology elective. The survey also probed attitudes of students not planning a career in radiology relative to the interpretation of medical images independently of radiologists. The names of all students taking an elective in radiology in 1993-1994 were solicited from all American medical schools. Eighty-one of 124 radiology elective programs responded, and 3872 questionnaires were returned to the 81 medical schools for delivery to the students. Approximately 25% of the questionnaires were returned, and data were derived from these. Rarely did the radiology elective influence a change (2.1%) from another specialty or primary care to radiology. Eighty-nine percent of the students sampled indicated that the elective had no effect on their decision. Of students who were undecided about their careers, 13.2% indicated that the elective changed their career choice, but 63.2% said the elective had no effect. The data revealed that there are multiple, often overlapping, reasons for a medical student not planning a career in radiology to choose a radiology elective. Most of the students (93.5%) expected to interpret radiographs or other m...Continue Reading

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