Research Article

Competency in Chest Radiography Interpretation by Junior Doctors and Final Year Medical Students at a Teaching Hospital

Table 3

Proportion of correct CXR interpretation by grade of participants.

Slide number, interpretationClinical historyGrade of participants (% correct)
Residents (N = 10)Medical officers (N = 18)House officer (N = 33)Medical students (N = 38)Total (N = 99)Chi-square value

1, pneumothoraxNo40.011.142.418.427.30.037
Yes60.05.657.610.530.3<0.001
2, normal imageNo10.016.79.115.813.10.803
Yes70.066.778.857.967.70.313
3, pneumoperitoneumNo60.027.821.210.522.20.009
Yes80.088.981.857.973.70.039
4, pneumomediastinumNo10.05.66.110.58.10.875
Yes50.055.624.226.333.30.062
5, lung collapseNo30.033.354.626.337.40.090
Yes30.044.442.431.637.40.677
6, pulmonary edemaNo40.038.951.547.446.50.817
Yes90.088.981.889.386.90.848
7, pneumoniaNo70.072.260.663.264.70.837
Yes100.094.484.997.492.90.155
8, tuberculosisNo70.072.275.850.064.70.115
Yes90.0100.084.973.783.80.083
9, Pancoast tumourNo50.022.248.542.141.40.293
Yes60.061.175.847.460.60.113
10, clavicular fractureNo30.055.615.239.533.30.022
Yes50.066.772.765.866.70.613

significant at significant at p-value .