Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the appropriateness of systemic radiation exposure control for students in clinical practice by comparing radiation exposure in radiography employees at different stations of a hospital with that of students conducting clinical practice using identical stations. Overall, 121 students who conducted clinical practice in the department of radiology area of C university hospital from July 2014 to August 2014 and 62 workers working in the same medical facility (47 in the department of radiology, 8 in the department of radiation oncology, 7 in the department of nuclear medicine) were investigated. The radiation exposure experienced by students was measured for 8 weeks, which is the duration of the clinical practice. Additionally, radiation exposure of workers were classified into 4 groups, department of radiology, department of radiation oncology, and department of nuclear medicine was compared. Dose was measured with OSLD and differences among groups were identified by ANOVA followed by Duncan's multiple range test. Among employees, those in the department of radiology, oncology and nuclear medicine were exposed depth doses of $0.127{\pm}0.331mSv$, $0.01{\pm}0.003mSv$, and $0.431{\pm}0.205mSv$, respectively, while students were exposed to $0.143{\pm}0.136mSv$. Additionally, workers in the department of radiology, oncology and nuclear medicine were exposed to surface doses of $0.131{\pm}0.331mSv$, $0.009{\pm}0.003mSv$, and $0.445{\pm}0.198mSv$, respectively, while students were exposed to $0.151{\pm}0.14mSv$, which was significantly different in both doses (p < 0.01). The average dose that students received is higher than that of the other groups (except for nuclear medicine workers), indicating that further improvements must be made in systemic controls for individual radiation exposure by including the students as subjects of management for protection from radiation.
연구목적은 의료용 방사선 장비를 운용하는 병원의 근무지별 종사자와 동일한 구역에서 임상실습을 수행한 학생과의 피폭선량을 비교하여 실습학생의 체계적인 피폭관리의 당위성을 제시하고자 하였다. 연구대상은 2014년 7월부터 8월까지 C대학병원 방사선구역에서 임상실습을 이수한 121명의 학생과 동 의료기관에 재직중인 종사자 62명(영상의학과 47명, 방사선종양학과 8명, 핵의학과 7명)을 대상으로 연구하였다. 연구방법은 측정을 위해 임상실습 기간인 8주간의 피폭선량을 측정하였으며, 종사자는 영상의학, 방사선종양학, 핵의학분야 종사자의 4개 그룹으로 구분하여 8주간의 심부선량과 표층선량을 비교하였다. 선량측정은 OSLD를 이용하였으며, 각 그룹의 평균의 차이는 분산분석(ANOVA)을 수행하였고 사후검정으로는 Duncan의 중다검정방법(muliple range test)을 이용하여 유의성을 분석하였다. 연구결과 심부선량은 영상의학과 $0.127{\pm}0.331mSv$, 방사선종양학과 $0.01{\pm}0.003mSv$, 핵의학과 $0.431{\pm}0.205mSv$, 실습생 $0.143{\pm}0.136mSv$로 나타났다. 표층선량은 영상의학과 $0.131{\pm}0.331mSv$, 방사선종양학과 $0.009{\pm}0.003mSv$, 핵의학과 $0.445{\pm}0.198mSv$, 실습생 $0.151{\pm}0.14mSv$로 나타났으며, 두 선량에서 모두 통계적으로 매우 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<.01). 연구결과를 통하여 실습생의 평균선량이 핵의학 종사자를 제외한 나머지 그룹보다 높게 나타났으므로 향후 방사선방어 측면에서 관리 대상자에 포함하여 체계적인 개인피폭 관리가 이루어지도록 개선이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.
