Avaliação do conhecimento na requisição correta dos exames de imagem dos internos de 5o e 6o ano da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, SP

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Radiology is one of the medical specialties that is constantly updating. Its methods have been showing a large disponibility and functionality as increases the number of patients seeking for radiology exams. However, some precious values on the medical field have been inverted, such as requesting supplementary tests improperly to fill up the gap by doing a poor anamnesis. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of interns from 5th and 6th grade from the Medical School of the University of Mogi das Cruzes (MSUMC) about Radiology and Image Diagnosis subject. METHOD: The study design is a quantitative cross section, based on a questionnaire applied to the interns from MSUMC. The data was analyzed by the statistic program Minitab and the alumni were classified according to their performance on the test: good (≥60%), satisfactory (50-59,9%) and unsatisfactory (≤49,9%). RESULTS: After the 114 questionnaires were precisely analyzed, the questions with the highest percentage of mistake were ranked and approached the following themes: point out the diagnosis methods associated with contrast (100%) and first choice exam for bone fracture (97,37%), pneumonia (92,11%), pneumothorax (90,80%). The average questionnaire score was 51,6% and the final classification percentage of performance was: good performance (11,20%), satisfactory (50%) and unsatisfactory (38,80%). DISCUSSION: The basic Radiology questions were the ones with the highest percentage of mistakes. It was noticed a lack of students’ knowledge about the exams costs, important fact when one thinks about the huge Brazilian public expenses with exams required unnecessarily. The most frequent pathologies in a first-aid post were overlooked and had the worst participants’ performance. CONCLUSION: It’s crucial to emphasize a solid education at Radiology and Image Diagnosis, due to its importance at the prevention of over requiring unnecessary radiology exams.