Exploring awareness, perceptions, and career interest in interventional radiology among medical students in Multan, Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey.

A total of 362 students participated in the study.

Among them, 29% had no prior knowledge of interventional radiology, and only 5.2% demonstrated a solid understanding of the specialty.

The main sources of interventional radiology awareness were social media (23.2%) and senior doctors (21%), whereas only 18.2% learned about interventional radiology through their medical curriculum.

The most significant barriers included a lack of structured interventional radiology education (69.6%) and limited mentorship (15.4%).