Universität zu Köln

Stoehr, Fabian, Schotten, Sebastian, Pitton, Michael B., Dueber, Christoph, Schmidt, Franziska, Hansen, Nienke L., Baessler, Bettina, Kloeckner, Roman ORCID: 0000-0001-5492-4792 and dos Santos, Daniel Pinto (2020). Endovascular simulation training: a tool to increase enthusiasm for interventional radiology among medical students. Eur. Radiol., 30 (8). S. 4656 - 4664. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1432-1084

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Abstract

Objectives Interventional radiology (IR) is a growing field but is underrepresented in most medical school curricula. We tested whether endovascular simulator training improves medical students' attitudes towards IR. Materials and methods We conducted this prospective study at two university medical centers; overall, 305 fourth-year medical students completed a 90-min IR course. The class consisted of theoretical and practical parts involving endovascular simulators. Students completed questionnaires before the course, after the theoretical and after the practical part. On a 7-point Likert scale, they rated their interest in IR, knowledge of IR, attractiveness of IR, and the likelihood to choose IR as subspecialty. We used a crossover design to prevent position-effect bias. Results The seminar/simulator parts led to the improvement for all items compared with baseline: interest in IR (pre-course 5.2 vs. post-seminar/post-simulator 5.5/5.7), knowledge of IR (pre-course 2.7 vs. post-seminar/post-simulator 5.1/5.4), attractiveness of IR (pre-course 4.6 vs. post-seminar/post-simulator 4.8/5.0), and the likelihood of choosing IR as a subspecialty (pre-course 3.3 vs. post-seminar/post-simulator 3.8/4.1). Effect was significantly stronger for simulator training compared with that for seminar for all items (p < 0.05). For simulator training, subgroup analysis of students with pre-existing positive attitude showed considerable improvement regarding interest in IR (x 1.4), knowledge of IR (x 23), attractiveness of IR (x 2), and likelihood to choose IR (x 3.2) compared with pretest. Conclusion Endovascular simulator training significantly improves students' attitude towards IR regarding all items. Implementing such courses at a very early stage in the curriculum should be the first step to expose medical students to IR and push for IR.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Stoehr, Fabian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schotten, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pitton, Michael B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dueber, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmidt, Franziska UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hansen, Nienke L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Baessler, Bettina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kloeckner, Roman UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5492-4792 UNSPECIFIED dos Santos, Daniel Pinto UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-340165
DOI:	10.1007/s00330-019-06646-2
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. Radiol.
Volume:	30
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 4656 - 4664
Date:	2020
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1432-1084
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language IR; KNOWLEDGE; LECTURE Multiple languages Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34016