Table 3.
Comparison of interest in IR across 8 studies.
| Studies | Interest in a career in interventional medicine (%) |
Statistically significant increase in interest? (P < 0.05) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-exposure to IR (study intervention e.g. lecture, simulation/clinical rotation in radiology or IR) | Post-exposure to IR | ||
| Alexander et al. [20] | 58 | 69 | Yes |
| Alshumrani et al.a [8] | 38 | – | – |
| Atiiga et al.a [6] | 15 | – | – |
| Commander et al.b [17] | 38 | 54 | Yes |
| DePietro et al. [16] | 24 | 64 | Yes |
| O'Malley et al.a [7] | 18 | – | – |
| Rehman et al.a [9] | 19 | – | – |
| Shaikh et al. [22] | 60 | 73 | Yes |
(−) no data available.
a
Survey only. Cohort of students with minimal, if any, exposure to interventional specialities.
b
Pre-exposure group are students from a medical school with no radiology elective. Post-exposure group are students who have undergone an attachment in radiology.