Creating Our Future Work Environment

Creating our future: conformity or change?

In the June 2014 issue of the Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, an article by Neep et al. is on the subject of ‘frontline radiographer commenting’, in the context of abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system due to trauma. I would like to use this article as a timely catalyst to debate some of the issues that the profession is currently facing. In this editorial the term ‘radiographer’ w...

Creating the future: beyond our inheritance of the past.

In some organizations, people seek the presidency as the culmination of a career, as feather in their professional cap, or perhaps because they think they are the absolute best person to hold the position. Still others may seek the presidential role because they want to ‘‘be the association president’’ or relish the opportunity to make a presidential address. Fortunately, the American Associati...

6s: Creating an Efficient and Safer Work Environment

Purpose: This paper explores the concept of workplace organisation and the role of safety. Specifically the objectives of the study were to identify the role of safety within 5S and to test how the extension of the method (to 6S) can explicitly and effectively integrate safety with productivity and quality. Design/methodology/approach: An action research approach was employed which enabled the ...

Our adolescents--our future.

Our academy, our mission, our work!

This publication finds me at the half-way point of my tenure as president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. It is therefore timely to review our academy’s goals and progress, reflecting upon and inspecting our work together as a committed and talented group of management team members and volunteer leaders. To share highlights of the year-to-date, I have created a “virtual interview,” po...