Radiation Protection among Health Care Students

Background and objective: Considering the significant role of clinical department staff in appropriate and justifiable prescribing of ionizing radiation imaging tests and the role of diagnostic department staff in radiation optimization, this study aimed to review the level of radiation awareness of medical sciences students as a future diagnosis and treatment team.Methods: Articles were searched in PubMed, Science direct, Embase, Cochran and Scopus databases using the keywords knowledge AND radiation AND students, awareness AND radiation AND students. The authors reviewed the abstract and full text of the articles and the relevant studies were selected for systematic review.Results: A total of ۲۲ articles were included in this review. ۸.۳۱% of the studies were related to the students of radiation sciences and ۹۱.۶۹% were related to non-radiation fields. In the studies of radiation students, ۶۹.۸۲% were radiology technology, ۳۰.۱۸% were radiation therapy, while in non-radiology fields, ۹۲.۲۱% were medical students, ۵.۷۱% were dental students, and ۲.۸% were nursing students. The results of the reviewed studies showed that among radiation science students, the level of awareness of radiation was ۶۱.۲۱% on average, and among non-radiology students, it was ۳۷.۳۵%. Among radiation sciences students, the higher level of knowledge was related to the radiology (۶۵.۴۶%) and the lower is related to the field of radiation therapy (۵۱.۳%). While among non-radiation students, the highest level of awareness was related to the medical students (۳۷.۷۸%) and the lowest was related to the nursing students (۷.۳%).Conclusion: The results of the research conducted in this study showed that the level of awareness regarding radiation and its effects among students studying in radiation sciences is moderate and among non-radiation students is poor.