DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i02.009

Pages: 350-352

In medical field X ray are very important in the diagnostic procedure. All the personnel involved in the medical field should have sufficient knowledge and awareness about its use in the diagnosis and treatment planning. The present study was done to assess the knowledge of the medical students and nursing staff regarding the use of radiation in the diagnosis procedure. 121 medical students and 79 nursing staff were participated in the study. The medical students were of the 3rd and final year students and the nursing staff of the medical college and also from the nearby multispecialty hospitals. The study was done with the help of questionnaire having 16 questions. The questions were prepared to study the knowledge and awareness of the participants including the physics of the radiation useful in the diagnosis, type of radiations, adverse effects, dose of radiations, precautions to be taken, etc. The statistical analysis was done using IBM SPSS statistics version 17 with the help of student’s t test. The results of the study had shown that, medical students were having more knowledge and awareness of the basics of the radiations and their use in diagnostic procedures as compared to the nursing staff and the difference was found to be statistically significant (Student’s t test, p<0.01). Though knowledge of the medical students shown more than nursing staff, it should be improved. The medical students and nursing staff having knowledge and awareness regarding use of ionizing radiation, but it still need to be improved.