BACKGROUND The global demand for diagnostic imaging exceeds the supply of radiologists and is of particular significance in poorly resourced healthcare environments where many radiographs are unreported. Delayed or absent reporting may negatively impact patient management. In well-resourced countries there is recognition that extending the role of radiographers to radiological reporting tasks h...

OBJECTIVES Identify radiographers' postures during frequent mammography procedures related to the mammography equipment and patient characteristics. METHODS A postural task analysis was performed using images acquired during the simulation of mammography positioning procedures. Simulations included craniocaudal/(CC) and mediolateral-oblique/(MLO) positioning in three different settings: radio...

BACKGROUND Assessing radiographers' clinical competence is of major importance in all medical imaging departments, and is a fundamental prerequisite for guaranteeing professional standards in both nursing care and radiography. Despite the fact that self-assessment has been reported to be the most common form of competence evaluation only several studies defining the radiographers' self-assessme...

Stress has the potential to discourage radiographers from practice and to cause brain drain in the profession. The aim of this study was to consider stress, from a holistic perspective, of the radiographers’ experiences. Qualitative research methods were employed. Using random sampling, 10 radiographers, two from each of the five states of southeastern Nigeria were interviewed. The interview qu...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate radiation protection basic knowledge and dose assessment for radiological procedures among Italian radiographers METHODS A validated questionnaire was distributed to 780 participants with balanced demographic characteristics and geographic distribution. RESULTS Only 12.1 % of participants attended radiation protection courses on a regular basis. Despite 90 % of radiog...

OBJECTIVES To explore if the perception of radiologists and radiographers on referral practice differs from that of referring clinicians, and to see if knowledge of radiation issues and referral guidelines differ between these groups. METHODS A questionnaire was handed out to 46 radiologists and 36 radiographers in Norway. Findings were compared to corresponding results from a similar already...

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate a practical method for incorporating radiographers’ reports with radiologists’ readings of digital mammograms. Methods This simulation study was conducted using data from a free-response receiver operating characteristic (FROC) observer study obtained with 75 cases (25 malignant, 25 benign, and 25 normal cases) of digital mammograms. Each of th...

CONTEXT Since the 1990s radiographers in the United Kingdom have expanded their role in gastrointestinal (GI) radiology, first by performing double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) examinations independently and later by interpreting and reporting the results of these exams. OBJECTIVE This article will trace the evolution of GI radiographers in the United Kingdom, evaluate their success and explo...

INTRODUCTION The provision of a written comment on traumatic abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system detected by radiographers can assist referrers and may improve patient management, but the practice has not been widely adopted outside the United Kingdom. The purpose of this study was to investigate Australian radiographers' perceptions of their readiness for practice in a radiographer com...

background diagnostic radiology is the process of obtaining a high-quality image while minimizing the doses received by patients. radiographers’ knowledge of protection and safety principles and their correct application plays a significant role in radiation protection. hence, this study aims to evaluate the radiographers’ protection and safety knowledge, attitude and practice in the radiology ...