Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the survey responders from the five UK events
| Overall (%) | BSIRT (%) | NIRS (%) | KiRCo (%) | BURC (%) | YiiR (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responses | 220 | 31 (14) | 70 (32) | 48 (22) | 28 (13) | 43 (20) |
| Return rates | 90% | N/Aa | 99% | 94% | 100% | 70% |
| Male gender | 122 (55) | 18 (58) | 40 (57) | 26 (54) | 11 (39) | 27 (63) |
| UK medical graduate | 208 (95) | 30 (97) | 65 (93) | 46 (96) | 28 (100) | 39 (91) |
| Stage of training | ||||||
| Preclinical student | 27 (12) | 0 (0) | 6 (8) | 9 (19) | 8 (29) | 4 (9) |
| Clinical student | 90 (41) | 7 (23) | 14 (20) | 24 (50) | 18 (64) | 27 (63) |
| Foundation trainee | 61 (28) | 10 (32) | 35 (50) | 5 (10) | 2 (7) | 9 (21) |
| Core trainee or equivalent (nonradiology) | 30 (14) | 7 (23) | 11 (16) | 10 (21) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) |
| High specialty trainee (nonradiology) | 1 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Radiology core trainee | 11 (5) | 6 (19) | 4 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) |
| First heard IR | ||||||
| Preclinical student | 56 (25) | 2 (6) | 20 (29) | 12 (25) | 17 (61) | 5 (12) |
| Clinical student | 125 (57) | 19 (62) | 35 (50) | 29 (61) | 9 (32) | 33 (77) |
| Foundation trainee | 33 (15) | 8 (26) | 15 (21) | 5 (10) | 2 (7) | 3 (7) |
| Core trainee or equivalent (nonradiology) | 6 (3) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) |
| First became interested in IR | ||||||
| Preclinical student | 37 (17) | 2 (6) | 11 (16) | 9 (19) | 3 (11) | 3 (7) |
| Clinical student | 126 (57) | 19 (62) | 33 (47) | 28 (58) | 14 (50) | 32 (74) |
| Foundation trainee | 47 (21) | 7 (23) | 24 (35) | 9 (19) | 5 (19) | 5 (12) |
| Core trainee or equivalent (nonradiology) | 8 (4) | 2 (6) | 1 (1) | 2 (4) | 3 (11) | 3 (7) |
| High specialty trainee (nonradiology) | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Radiology core trainee | 1 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Pre-event subjective likelihood to pursue IR as career | ||||||
| Very likely | 46 (21) | 13 (42) | 14 (20) | 10 (21) | 4 (14) | 5 (12) |
| Likely | 89 (40) | 15 (48) | 33 (47) | 20 (42) | 7 (25) | 14 (32) |
| Neutral | 69 (31) | 3 (10) | 19 (27) | 14 (29) | 12 (43) | 21 (49) |
| Unlikely | 15 (7) | 0 (0) | 4 (6) | 3 (6) | 5 (18) | 3 (7) |
| Very unlikely | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Pre-event self-assessed exposure to IR comparing to peers | ||||||
| A lot more | 28 (13) | 10 (32) | 9 (13) | 3 (6) | 2 (7) | 4 (9) |
| More | 56 (25) | 12 (39) | 19 (27) | 13 (27) | 4 (14) | 8 (19) |
| Similar | 109 (50) | 7 (23) | 32 (46) | 24 (50) | 19 (68) | 27 (63) |
| Less | 22 (10) | 1 (3) | 8 (11) | 7 (15) | 2 (7) | 4 (9) |
| Much less | 5 (2) | 1 (3) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) |
aSampling at the BSIRT was opportunistic as the sessions were run parallel to the main conference with a constant flow of audiences
BSIRT British Society of Radiologists Trainee Day; NIRS National Interventional Radiology Symposium; KiRCo King’s College London National Interventional Radiology Conference; BURC Bart’s National Undergraduate Radiology Conference; and YiiR Yorkshire Imaging and Interventional Radiology Symposium