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Table 3 Characteristics of included studies

From: What works in radiology education for medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis

     

Imaging modalities**

Sample Sizes

Effect Size****

Article

Year of publication

Location

Study Type

Medical School Experience*

Modality

Cross Sectional Imaging***

Intervention

Control

Cohens D

Alamer A. and Alharbi F [12].

2021

Saudi Arabia

RCT

S

N/S

N/S

12

66

1.5867

Beermann J. et al. [40]

2010

Germany

RCT

S

C

Y

103

57

1.4813

Burbridge B. et al. [33]

2015

Canada

Non-randomised

J

M

Y

84

83

0.4796

Courtier J. et al. [75]

2016

US

Non-randomised

S

M

N/S

25

23

-0.4504

Di Salvo D.N. et al. [76]

2014

US

Non-randomised

S

M

Y

23

30

0.2578

Ebert J. and Tutschek B [24].

2019

Switzerland and Germany

RCT

N/S

U

N

21

30

0.0232

van Geel K.V. et al. [47]

2019

Netherlands

RCT

J

X

N

43

60

-0.0947

Gibney B. et al. [77]

2020

Canada

RCT

S

M

Y

26

23

0.9485

James H.K. et al. [34]

2019

UK

RCT

S

R

Y

28

25

0.7234

Knudsen L. et al. [26]

2018

Germany

RCT

J

U

N

22

21

0.1826

Kok E.M. et al. [46]

2015

Netherlands

RCT

J

X

N

61

20

-0.3607

Kok E.M. et al. [78]

2017

Netherlands

RCT

S

X

N

20

20

0.3711

Le C.K. et al. [37]

2019

Canada

RCT

S

U

N

10

7

1.9951

Lorenzo-Alvarez R. et al. [79]

2019

Spain

RCT

J

X

N

53

103

0.1359

Lydon S. et al. [38]

2021

Ireland

RCT

S

M

Y

17

14

2.7221

Mahnken A.H. et al. [32]

2011

Germany

RCT

S

M

Y

32

32

0.7234

Nickel F. et al. [41]

2016

Germany

RCT

S

C

Y

253

157

1.0237

Petersson H. et al. [39]

2009

Sweden

Non-randomised

N/S

M

Y

92

75

0.1377

Poland S. et al. [28]

2018

US

RCT

J

U

N

16

17

0.052

Pusic M.V. et al. [45]

2007

Canada

RCT

S

X

N

69

70

0

Rajprasath R. et al. [35]

2020

India

RCT

J

M

Y

75

75

0.9511

Rozenshtein A. et al. [80]

2016

USA

RCT

J

X

N

20

20

0.759

Saxena V. et al. [36]

2008

USA

Non-randomised

J

M

Y

141

141

-0.2509

Sendra-Portero F. et al. [27]

2013

Spain

Non-randomised

J

N/S

N/S

71

43

0.4001

Shaffer K. et al. [81]

2009

USA

RCT

S

M

Y

38

205

0.206

Smeby S.S. et al. [82]

2019

Norway

RCT

J

M

Y

105

105

0.0723

Stein M.W. et al. [44]

2016

USA

RCT

S

N/S

N/S

100

115

0.0483

Tam M.D.B.S. et al. [30]

2010

UK

RCT

S

C

Y

11

23

0.5142

Thompson M. et al. [83]

2017

USA

RCT

J

X

N

14

15

2.0709

Tshibwabwa E. et al. [21]

2016

Antigua and Barbuda

Non-randomised

J

U

N

378

385

1.4655

Tshibwabwa E. et al. [31]

2017

Antigua and Barbuda

Non-randomised

J

M

Y

473

372

1.1254

Velan G.M. et al. [20]

2015

Australia

RCT

M

M

Y

158

155

0.2368

Viteri Jusue A. et al. [29]

2021

Spain

RCT

S

C

Y

13

13

2.0734

Vollman A. et al. [84]

2014

USA

RCT

M

M

Y

15

16

-0.6884

Wade S.W.T. et al. [23]

2019

Australia

RCT

S

C

Y

63

71

0.4328

Webb A.L. and Choi S [43].

2014

UK

Non-randomised

J

X

N

72

28

0.2137

Weeks J.K. et al. [42]

2021

USA

RCT

J

C

Y

15

15

0.8892

Willis M.H. et al. [25]

2020

USA

Non-randomised

M

M

Y

72

63

1.5765

Wong V. et al. [22]

2015

Australia

RCT

M

M

Y

72

73

0.915

Yuan Q. et al. [85]

2021

China

RCT

N/S

M

Y

232

228

1.6007

  1. *Medical school experience– Junior (J), Senior (S), Mixed (M)
  2. **Imaging modalities– X-ray (X), Computed Tomography / CT (C), Ultrasound (U), Magnetic resonance imaging (R), Multimodality / Combination (M)
  3. ***Cross sectional imaging– Yes (Y), No (N)
  4. ****A positive effect size favours the intervention group while a negative effect size favours the control group
  5. N/S– not specified