Author, year (Ref) | Physicians | Radiological Awareness Evaluation | Results |
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Shiralkar S et al., 2003 (6) | British physicians | Radiation doses for common radiological investigations. | 97% of doctors underestimates dose. 5% believes that US use ionising radiation. 8% believes thatMRI use ionising radiation. |
Finestone A et al., 2003 (7) | Istraeli orthopaedists | Mortality risk of radiation-induced carcinoma from bone scan scintigraphy | Mortality risk was identified correctly by less than 5% of respondents. |
Lee CI et al., 2004 (8) | Emergency department (ED), physicians and radiologists | Radiation dose and possible risks associated with CT scan | Almost all doctors were unable to accurately estimate the dose. Only 9% ED physicians believed that there was increased risk. |
Correia MJ et al., 2005 (9) | Adult and paediatric cardiologists | Environmental impact, individual bio-risks, dose exposure and medico-legal regulation of medical ionising testing | Only 11%, 5%, 29% and 42% of physicians correctly identified environmental impact, individual bio-risks, dose exposure and legal regulation, respectively. |