@article{discovery10178965,
           title = {Study protocol for ELIXIR: an evaluation of learning and exposure to the undergraduate Interventional Radiology curriculum},
          volume = {2021},
            note = {Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. {\copyright} The Author(s) 2021.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),
which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.},
       publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
         journal = {Journal of Surgical Protocols and Research Methodologies},
            year = {2021},
           month = {September},
          number = {1},
        abstract = {Background:


                  Despite the initiation of a suggested undergraduate curriculum for Interventional Radiology (IR) by the British Society of Interventional Radiology, there is still a lack of exposure to IR amongst medical students and junior doctors. It is unclear how much of the proposed curriculum is implemented in the undergraduate curricula of the respective medical schools in the UK.


               
               
                  Methods and Materials:


                  This is a cross-sectional study that aims to evaluate the level of awareness of IR as a subspecialty amongst medical students in the UK. All final year students from the 34 UK medical universities that award primary medical qualifications are eligible for the study. A student representative from each university will be recruited through a social media drive to distribute a survey. The online questionnaire is divided into five different sections; (i) Particulars, (ii) Basic knowledge on IR, (iii) Medical School Curriculum and Exposure, (iv) Career Prospects and (v) Satisfaction with Medical School Curriculum, with the intent of gauging their exposure and understanding of IR throughout the years of medical school and assessing their perceptions of IR as a potential career choice.},
          author = {Osman, Filzah Hanis and Koe, Jasmine Sze Ern and Lau, Elisa SW and Nagaraj, Dhikshitha and Ng, Helen Hoi-Lam and Ng, Alexander and Asif, Aqua and Uberoi, Raman and Chan, Vinson Wai-Shun and Wah, Tze Min},
             url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/jsprm/snab006},
            issn = {2752-616X}
}