ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2016 | Volume
: 25 | Issue : 4 | Page : 325--329
The preference of radiology as a postgraduate medical specialty among final year medical students of usmanudanfodiyo university, Sokoto
SA Saidu1, FK Umar2 1 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, UsmanuDanfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria 2 Department of Radiology, UsmanuDanfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
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S A Saidu Department of Radiology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, UsmanuDanfodio University, Sokoto Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Recruitment into medical specialties outside the core clinical departments remains a stumbling block to advancing medical practice in Nigeria. We set out to determine the factors influencing choice of diagnostic radiology as a field of specialization by the final year medical students in Usmanu Danfodiyo University College of Health Sciences, Sokoto.
METHODOLOGY: A descriptive cross sectional study was done. All the 2015/2016 session final year medical students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University were administered a structured questionnaire by the authors. SPSS version 20.0 was used for the result analysis. Univariate and bivariate analyses were done where appropriate to describe variables.
RESULTS: A total of 62 out of 65 final year medical students responded. Fifty one(82.3%) had interest in specializing after school. However, only 4(6.5%) of the students had interest in radiology. Male sex was found to be a predictor for the choice of radiology.
CONCLUSION: Career guidance/re-orientation and clarification of general misconception about radiology is necessary to avoid shortage of trained radiologists in the near future.
How to cite this article:
Saidu S A, Umar F K. The preference of radiology as a postgraduate medical specialty among final year medical students of usmanudanfodiyo university, Sokoto.Niger J Med 2016;25:325-329
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How to cite this URL:
Saidu S A, Umar F K. The preference of radiology as a postgraduate medical specialty among final year medical students of usmanudanfodiyo university, Sokoto. Niger J Med [serial online] 2016 [cited 2023 Feb 1 ];25:325-329
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