Research Article

An Assessment of Final-Year Medical Students and Interns Awareness of Radiation Exposure to Common Diagnostic Imaging Procedures

Table 2

The mean scores of subgroups according to year of medical school or internship, age, confidence, and perceived importance of knowledge of radiation.

SubgroupsMean score

Year of studyMedical students1.48
Interns1.0

Age20–24 2
25–293.9
30–345
35+None

Confidence with knowledgeVery confident4.7
Moderately confident3.4
Not really confident2.2
No idea1.4

Perceived importanceVery important2.8
Moderately important2.4
Not really important2.2
Not important at all0.58