Many nuclear medicine technologists become clinical educators by chance, with little introduction to teaching methodologies and student learning styles. This means that most technologists teach students in the clinic by modeling the way in which they were taught in nuclear medicine school, a method that may not be effective for every student encountered. The purpose of this article is to examin...

OBJECTIVE This paper introduces technologists to pediatric nuclear medicine applications as well as serves as a review of the principles of pediatric imaging for more experienced technologists. After reading this article the nuclear medicine technologist should be able to: (a) identify pediatric populations commonly evaluated with nuclear medicine procedures; (b) state the indications for perfo...

I am very pleased to have been invited by Tim Murray, the President of the South African Sugar Technologists’ Association, to be the keynote speaker for this year’s SASTA Congress. I am particularly pleased to have been invited this year because BSES is celebrating its centenary and, in September 2001, Australia will be hosting the ‘new look’ 24th Congress of the International Society of Sugar ...

We take a layered approach to contextualise Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) understand digital technologists’ motivations implement technologies address socio-economic issues based on their capabilities and kinship affiliations. adopt an interpretive conducting inductive qualitative study of technologists in South Africa. propose three mechanisms (emotional connecte...

PURPOSE To define the interpretative performance of radiologists experienced in computed tomographic (CT) colonography and to compare it with that of novice observers who had undergone directed training, with colonoscopy as the reference standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS Physicians at each participating center received ethical committee approval and followed the committees' requests regarding i...

Background. Acute pharyngitis caused by Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a common presentation to pediatric emergency departments (ED). Diagnosis with conventional throat culture requires 18-24 hours, which prevents point-of-care treatment decisions. Rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) are faster, but previous reports demonstrate significant operator influence on performance. Objective. To measu...

In many clinical laboratories, bacteria seen in Gram-stained sputum smears are reported semiquantitatively, using a three- or four-category scale consisting of ratings such as numerous, moderate, rare, and none seen. The consistency with which these categories are assigned was evaluated by repeatedly presenting coded smears to seven experienced microbiology technologists. Technologists rated th...

Within the last 3 y, a new type of technology has emerged for PET imaging that uses a continuous-bed-motion (CBM) acquisition. For technologists, this type of acquisition requires some modifications of the standard approach to PET protocols and imaging workflows. There are several key aspects of CBM that technologists need to learn and understand when transitioning from traditional step-and-sho...

Participation in screening mammography is currently desired in Japan because of the increase in breast cancer morbidity. However, the pain and discomfort of mammography is recognized as a significant deterrent for women considering this examination. Thus quick procedures, sufficient experience, and advanced skills are required for radiologic technologists. The aim of this study was to make the ...