Educational Program for Radiography Students at Head CT
Introduction: An educational program was designed to improve relevant competence in brain anatomy, pathology, CT technique and physics among radiography students training at the section of neuroradiography, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål. Method and Materials: The educational program consisted of lectures, a compendium, hands-on lessons and competence testing. The lectures and compendium focused on brain anatomy, pathology, CT technique and physics. All second year radiography students at the University College in Oslo completed the same competence tests before and after their hospital training. This allowed a comparison of the competence improvement among students who followed the educational program, with those who did their training elsewhere (the control group). The second year class comprised of 40 students. 29 took the initial test. Out of this number 12 participated in the program while the remaining 17, defined above as the control group, did not. A total of 30 students however took the final test. 3 students who actually took part in the program opted out of the final test, reducing the number to 9 while the number of students in the control group was increased to 21 because 4 students who did not take the initial test joined the control group at the final test. Results: Radiography students who participated in the educational program improved their test score from 31% to 61%, while the control group improved their score from 33% to 34%. Conclusion: This study demonstrates a pronounced improvement in level of competence among students who followed the educational program.
