Table 1.
Characteristics and quality assessment of included studies
| Publication year | First author | Type of article | Specialty | Design | Variables | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlational | Causal-comparative | Randomized trial | Qualitative components | 1. Level of expertise | 2. eye tracking measure(s) | 3. Retrospective reporting | 4. performance | ||||
| 2009 | Alzubaidi, M.a | CONF | RAD | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 2010 | Alzubaidi, M.b | CONF | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2013 | Bertram, R. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2010 | Cooper, L. | CONF | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2015 | Diaz, I. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2013 | Donovan, T. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2013 | Drew, T. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | |||||
| 2015 | Giovinco N.A. | JOUR | ORT | x | x | x | |||||
| 1994 | Hu, C. H. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 2012 | Kok, E.a | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2016 | Kok, E.b - exp.1 | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2015 | Kok, E.b - exp.2 | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | |||||
| 1996 | Krupinski, E. A. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 2007 | Kundel, H. L. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | |||||
| 2007 | Leong, J. J. H. | JOUR | ORT/RAD/A&E | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2014 | Mallet, S. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2006 | Manning, D.b | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2011 | Matsumoto, H. | JOUR | NEU | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 1996 | Nodine, C. F.a | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2002 | Nodine, C. F.b | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 2015 | Rubin, G.D. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | |||||
| 2013 | Voisin, S. | CONF | RAD | x | x | x | |||||
| 2012 | Wood, G. | JOUR | RAD | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| Publication year | First author | Type of article | Specialty | Quality assessment (MERSQI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study design | Sampling | Type of data | Validity of evaluation instrument | Data analysis | Outcomes | Total | ||||
| 2009 | Alzubaidi, M.a | CONF | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 2010 | Alzubaidi, M.b | CONF | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 2013 | Bertram, R. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 2010 | Cooper, L. | CONF | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 2015 | Diaz, I. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 2013 | Donovan, T. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 2013 | Drew, T. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | Giovinco N.A. | JOUR | ORT | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| 1994 | Hu, C. H. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 2012 | Kok, E.a | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 2016 | Kok, E.b - exp.1 | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 2016 | Kok, E.b - exp.2 | JOUR | RAD | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 14.5 |
| 1996 | Krupinski, E. A. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 2007 | Kundel, H. L. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 2007 | Leong, J. J. H. | JOUR | ORT/RAD/A&E | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 2014 | Mallet, S. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 2006 | Manning, D.b | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| 2011 | Matsumoto, H. | JOUR | NEU | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 1996 | Nodine, C. F.a | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 2002 | Nodine, C. F.b | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 2015 | Rubin, G.D. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 2013 | Voisin, S. | CONF | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | Wood, G. | JOUR | RAD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
Research question categories: (1) expert level related to visual search patterns; (2) visual search patterns related to performance; (3) visual search patterns or expert level related to error types
CONF Conference paper, JOUR Journal article, RAD radiology, ORT orthopedics, A&E accident and emergency, MERSQI Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument, Exp. experiment