Table 1.
Survey questions and answer options
| No | Question | Answer options |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | How old are you? | < 18, 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, or > 65 years old |
| 2 | What is your gender? | Male, female, or other |
| 3 | Where do you currently work or have you most recently worked?* | Academic hospital, non-academic hospital, non-hospital healthcare setting, other |
| 4 | In which country do you work or have you most recently worked?* | List of 30 countries, and open text field to indicate another country not listed |
| 5 | Are you a medical doctor? | Yes or no |
| 6 | How many years of experience do you have as a medical doctor? | < 5, 5–10, or > 10 years |
| 7 | Are you a medical specialist? | Yes or no |
| 8 | What is your medical specialty?* | List of 38 medical specialties, and open text field to indicate another medical specialty not listed |
| 9 | How many days per week do you currently work in clinical practice? | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 |
| 10 | What type(s) of diagnostic radiology examinations do you request in clinical practice?* | None, plain radiography, ultrasonography, CT, MRI |
| 11 | How many of your plain radiographs do you interpret completely by yourself, without consulting a radiologist or reading his/her report? | None, 1–25%, 26–50%, 51–75%, 76–99%, or 100% |
| 12 | How many of your ultrasonography examinations do you perform and interpret completely by yourself, without consulting a radiologist or reading his/her report? | None, 1–25%, 26–50%, 51–75%, 76–99%, or 100% |
| 13 | How many of your CT examinations do you interpret completely by yourself, without consulting a radiologist or reading his/her report? | None, 1–25%, 26–50%, 51–75%, 76–99%, or 100% |
| 14 | How many of your MRI examinations do you interpret completely by yourself, without consulting a radiologist or reading his/her report? | None, 1–25%, 26–50%, 51–75%, 76–99%, or 100% |
| 15 | In your opinion, how much does medical imaging contribute to improving patient-relevant outcomes? | 0–10 point linear scale, with 0 indicating nothing and 10 indicating very much |
| 16 | Do you expect that medical imaging utilization will increase in the coming 10 years? | Yes, no, or undecided |
| 17 | Do you expect that we need more or less diagnostic radiologists in the coming 10 years? | More, neither more nor less, less, or undecided |
| 18 | Do you expect that artificial intelligence will make diagnostic radiologists redundant in the coming 10 years? | Yes, no, or undecided |
*Multiple answer options possible