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record: TRV-2026-0997
version: 1
kind: certified
reason: Certified into the record
timestamp: 2026-09-06T06:06:45.418733Z
status: published
lens: trace
sector: health
headline: Canadian Medical Students Interested in Radiology Report Greater Perceived Importance of Procedural Roles and Greater Career Sustainability Amid Artificial Intelligence
dek: Rationale and objectives Artificial intelligence (AI) integration and perceptions of radiology's procedural scope may influence medical students' interest in radiology. We aimed to determine whether perceptions of radiology's scope and AI integration differed according to student interest in radiology. Methods An anonymous cross-sectional survey containing binary, Likert-scale, and open-ended questions was distributed to medical students at a Canadian institution (N=73; 19.7% effective response rate). Responses…
gain_title: Canadian medical students who were interested in radiology rated procedural roles as more important and reported greater perceived career sustainability despite AI integration.
problem_title: Canadian medical students not interested in radiology reported a higher perceived impact of AI on the field and lower perceived career sustainability, alongside limited adequate radiology exposure.
trace_subject: AI integration in radiology and perceived career sustainability among Canadian medical students
gain_reading: Canadian medical students who were interested in radiology rated procedural roles as more important and reported greater perceived career sustainability despite AI integration.
gain_evidence: greater perceived career sustainability (median 7 vs 5; p=0.0022) | greater perceived importance of procedural-role items, including therapeutic procedures (median 7 vs 5; p=0.0248)
problem_reading: Canadian medical students not interested in radiology reported a higher perceived impact of AI on the field and lower perceived career sustainability, alongside limited adequate radiology exposure.
problem_evidence: higher perceived impact of AI (median 8 vs 6; p=0.0146) | Only 44% of students reported adequate radiology exposure
quick_read: By September 2026, researchers surveyed 73 Canadian medical students to test whether perceptions of radiology's procedural scope and AI integration differed by interest in radiology. Interested students rated therapeutic and diagnostic procedures as more important and reported higher perceived career sustainability, while non-interested students reported higher perceived AI impact.

The association matters because perceptions of AI disruption and procedural roles may shape the radiology pipeline, not just clinical workflows. Uncertainty remains due to the single-institution design, 19.7% response rate, and cross-sectional self-report, which cannot establish whether changing exposure or AI education would actually increase interest.
limitation: Findings come from a small single-institution cross-sectional survey with low response rate, limiting generalizability and causal inference about AI perceptions and career interest.
tag: Dual reading
key_points: Survey of 73 medical students at a Canadian institution stratified responses by interest in radiology. | Interested students rated therapeutic procedures higher (median 7 vs 5; p=0.0248) with positive correlations for therapeutic (r=0.3710) and diagnostic procedures (r=0.2615). | Non-interested students reported higher perceived impact of AI (median 8 vs 6; p=0.0146) while interested students reported higher sustainability (median 7 vs 5; p=0.0022). | Only 44% reported adequate radiology exposure; interested students more often participated in shadowing (37.5% vs 12.5%; p=0.0282).
rundown: An anonymous cross-sectional survey with binary, Likert-scale, and open-ended questions was distributed at a Canadian medical school and analyzed with Fisher's exact, Mann-Whitney U, and Spearman correlations, with open-ended responses grouped into recurring categories.

Among career values only patient contact differed, rated lower by interested students (median 6 vs 8, p=0.023), while qualitative responses favored experiential learning over predominantly didactic current exposure.
sources:
- peer_reviewed | Academic Radiology | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2026.08.086 | 2026-09-04
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