Development of competence in volumetric image interpretation in radiology residents

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Participants and test items of the 9 Dutch Radiology Progress Tests, taken from November 2013 to April 2018, that were investigated in the present study

	DRPTs from Nov 2013 - Apr 2018
	Range	Total
Participants (n)	316–367	3097
PGY 0.5	14–44	296
PGY 1	15–46	301
PGY 1.5	27–47	323
PGY 2	27–44	314
PGY 2.5	27–43	322
PGY 3	26–44	307
PGY 3.5	29–48	332
PGY 4	24–43	311
PGY 4.5	23–45	297
PGY 5	25–41	294
DRPT test items (n)	180–200	1640
Image-based
Volumetric	12–25	186
2D	21–42	311
Text-only	119–163	1143
Test items included in present study (n)	171–190	1572
Image-based
Volumetric	12–25	185
2D	20–41	297
Text-only	110–154	1090

DRPT indicates Dutch Radiology Progress Test; Nov, November; Apr, April; PGY, postgraduate year; 2D, 2-dimensional. PGY 0.5 indicates PGY 0–0.5; 1.0, PGY 0.5–1.0; 1.5, PGY 1.0–1.5; et cetera. At one occasion (October 2015) the digital test failed due to technical reasons

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