Environmental education and radiological protection of Medical Imaging and Radiophysics students

Abstract

Introduction: During the last decade, there has been an increasing development in the field of Medical Imaging and Radio physics, so attention should be paid to the link between environmental education and radiation protection. Objective: to evaluate the implementation of a program for environmental education and radiological protection of Imaging and Medical Radio physics students at the Faculty of Technology of the University of Medical Sciences in Camagüey during the period from December 2022 to April 2023. Method: this is a mixed, pre-experimental study, with pretest and posttest evaluations, carried out during the period from December 2022 to April 2023, in an intentional sample of 62 undergraduate students of Imaging and Medical Radio physics of the University of Medical Sciences Of Camagüey. The study variable was parameterized in three dimensions broken down into 13 indicators. A survey designed by the authors was applied. Results: the first indicator of the cognitive dimension reached 62.16% of positive response after the program. The percentage of students with progress in the fourth indicator of the procedural dimension increased from 29.72% to 51.35%. In the axiological dimension, the fourth indicator shows the greatest progress with a difference between pre- and post-test percentages of 37.84%. Conclusions: the implementation of a program for environmental education and radiological protection of Medical Imaging and Radio physics students was evaluated. A positive transformation of the generality of the indicators was achieved, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the implemented program.