SynthesisBMC medical education2024
What works in radiology education for medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Learning Anatomy With Radiology: A Systematic Review.Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Pooled it
- Use of artificial intelligence in education and training of radiology.Frontiers in radiology · 2026Pooled it
- From image to clinical judgment: a randomized near-peer teaching trial on systematic chest radiograph interpretation.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
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- Educational effectiveness of short-term e-learning intervention on chest radiograph assessment skills among radiological technology students: a pre- and post-comparative study.Radiological physics and technology · 2026Article
- Simulation-Based Training in Dental Radiography: The Impact of Qbion Software on Learning Outcomes for Dentistry Students.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a Teaching Session on Interpreting Common Orthopaedic Radiographs at a Major Trauma Centre.Cureus · 2026Article
- Team-based learning versus lecture-based instruction for chest radiograph interpretation in physician associate education: a quasi-experimental study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- MEDI-SLATE: medical imaging slide-lecture aligned teaching ensemble.Visual computing for industry, biomedicine, and art · 2026Article
- Teaching radiology in undergraduate programmes in medical schools in francophone sub-Saharan Africa : a multicenter survey.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Approaches to Computed Tomography Education for Radiography Students.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2026Review
- Bridging a curriculum gap: a structured model for integrating head and neck ultrasound training into undergraduate dental education.BMC medical education · 2026Article
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- Evaluating the effectiveness of radiological anatomy course in a module of undergraduate medical curriculum.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Improving lesion detection skills in medical imaging education through enhanced peripheral visual perception.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Digital redesign of the radiotherapy course for medical students with a blended learning approach.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025Article
- Do dental students need sonography training? A prospective observational study.BMC medical education · 2025Observational
- Enhancing medical imaging education: integrating computing technologies, digital image processing and artificial intelligence.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2025Article
- Comparing active teaching to hybrid lecture-based method for learning radiology basics: A single center controlled study.Research in diagnostic and interventional imaging · 2025Article
- Competency-based, multicomponent teaching reform in medical imaging technology: a quasi-experimental study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedical imaging related knowledge and skills are widely used in clinical practice. However, radiology teaching methods and resultant knowledge among medical students and junior doctors is variable. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to compare the impact of different components of radiology teaching methods (active versus passive teaching, eLearning versus traditional face-to-face teaching) on radiology knowledge / skills of medical students.
methodsPubMed and Scopus databases were searched for articles published in English over a 15-year period ending in June 2021 quantitatively comparing the effectiveness of undergraduate medical radiology education programs regarding acquisition of knowledge and/or skills. Study quality was appraised by the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI) scoring and analyses performed to assess for risk of bias. A random effects meta-analysis was performed to pool weighted effect sizes across studies and I
resultsFrom 3,052 articles, 40 articles involving 6,242 medical students met inclusion criteria. Median MERSQI score of the included articles was 13 out of 18 possible with moderate degree of heterogeneity (I
conclusionsStudies of educational interventions are inherently heterogeneous and contextual, typically tailored to specific groups of students. Thus, we could not draw definitive conclusion about effectiveness of the various radiology education interventions based on the currently available data. Better standardisation in the design and implementation of radiology educational interventions and design of radiology education research are needed to understand aspects of educational design and delivery that are optimal for learning.
trial registrationProspero registration number CRD42022298607.
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