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ArticleHeliyon2022

Career in radiology; the ghanaian clinical medical Student's perception.

Klenam Dzefi-Tettey, Emmanuel Kobina Mesi Edzie, Edmund Kwakye Brakohiapa, Philip Narteh Gorleku, Adu Tutu Amankwa, Abubakari Bawah Abdulai, Iddrisu Baba Yabasin, Kafui Kossi Kekessie, Ewurama Andam Idun, Caroline Emmanuella Ntiamoah-Koufie and 5 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Klenam Dzefi-TetteyDepartment of Radiology. Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. 1 Guggisberg Avenue, Accra, Ghana.
Emmanuel Kobina Mesi EdzieDepartment of Medical Imaging, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Edmund Kwakye BrakohiapaDepartment of Radiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana.
Philip Narteh GorlekuDepartment of Medical Imaging, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Adu Tutu AmankwaDepartment of Radiology, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Abubakari Bawah AbdulaiDepartment of Radiology, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
Iddrisu Baba YabasinDepartment of Anaesthesia, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
Kafui Kossi KekessieDepartment of Medical Imaging, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
Ewurama Andam IdunFaculty of Radiology, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Ghana.
Caroline Emmanuella Ntiamoah-KoufieDepartment of Radiology. Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. 1 Guggisberg Avenue, Accra, Ghana.
Franklin AcheampongKorle Bu Teaching Hospital. 1 Guggisberg Avenue, Accra, Ghana.
Bright OppongDepartment of Medical Imaging, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Frank QuarshieAfrican Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Summerhill Estates, East Legon Hills, Santoe, Accra, Ghana.
Henry KusodziDepartment of Medical Imaging, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Abdul Raman AsemahDepartment of Medical Imaging, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

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Abstract

Background: The importance of radiology in this era of evidence-based medicine cannot be disputed. This has resulted in the increase in demand for radiologists. Thus, the issue of whether there would be sufficient numbers of medical students to meet this growing demand needs further probing. Purpose: To assess Ghanaian clinical medical students' perceptions about a career in radiology. Materials and methods: This was an online questionnaire-based survey of 575 clinical medical students in five public medical schools in Ghana from September 2020 to February 2021. Student's t-test and one way analysis of variance was used to compare means. For the Likert scale questions, differences in the mean Likert scale responses were assessed among various clinical year groups and across gender using Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U tests. A logistic regression was used to determine the significant predictors of the choice of radiology as a career. Results: Most 340 (59.1%) of the participants were males. The average age of participants was 24.64 ± 3.084 years. Students agreed that, radiology is relevant in this era of evidence-based medicine (mean Likert score = 4.62, SD = 0.819), which yielded significant responses in the third clinical year (p = 0.004). Nearly 30% of respondents stated they did not receive enough didactic lectures or tutorials in radiology, citing insufficient lectures (89.9%), a lack of lecturers (9.5%), and trouble grasping ideas (0.7%) as their main concerns. 133 (23.1%) stated they would choose radiology as a specialty, with flexible working schedule (61.9%) and high income (68.3%) as their topmost reasons. Less patient contact (8.0%) was the least observed reason. A flexible working schedule increased the choice of radiology as a specialty by 2.319 folds (95% CI: 1.413-3.805, P = 0.001). Teleradiology significantly contributed to the choice of radiology as a career (p = 0.001). Conclusion: Generally, the clinical students had varied but positive perceptions on radiology as a specialty.

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