Browsing by Study Area "Medical Imaging"
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Applying Scott’s professional and graduate capability framework to an MIT degree in New Zealand
(2017-07)Why is capability important? Capability vs competency Aim & objectives Emeritus Professor Geoff Scott (OLT Senior National Teaching Fellow 2014-5) Data collection and interpretation Personal Interpersonal Gognitive What ... -
Best Practice in Barium Enemas
(2000)Poor communication and inadequate protocols compromise the quality of care given to some patients attending the imaging department for barium enema examinations. Abdul-Karim Conteh, radiographer at City University, London, ... -
A case study : evaluating the effectiveness of inter-professional collaboration in a “flipped classroom"
(2014)The story...1st year presentations Seven first year Medical Imaging students were required to undertake a presentation in relation to an artefact they have seen in the clinical department, and to discuss its impact on ... -
Continuing professional development - a re-examination of the facts
(1998)This article reviews research published over the last 15 years, exploring the various components of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and considers why it is important and whose responsibility it is. The style that ... -
Covid-19 vaccine related uptake in Ga-68 DOTATATE scan
(European Society of Radiology, 2021-10-28)A 43-year-old woman with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour (NET) history was scheduled for a routine surveillance Gallium-68-DOTATATE PET/CT scan. The patient reported recent immunisation for Covid (Pfizer BioN-Tech) in ... -
CPD five years on: what New Zealand MRTs think about mandatory CPD
(2010)This article reports the results of a survey investigating the attitudes of New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists (MRTs) to continuing professional development (CPD) following the implementation of a mandatory CPD ... -
The dosimetric impact of IV contrast when planning radiation therapy for radical lung cancer
(2010)The purpose of this study is to investigate the need to account for the presence of Intravenous (IV) contrast on planning computered tomography (CT) scans of the thorax for the radical treatment of lung cancer. This ... -
The effectiveness of concomitant use of cross-sectional anatomy and CT images in teaching anatomy to medical imaging students
(2019-12-05)BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional anatomy is crucial in the comprehensive study of the details of the whole body to the medical students in general; while to the medical imaging students in particular. Furthermore, it is most ... -
Evaluating medical radiation technologists’ image interpretation accuracy and clinical practice relative to their postgraduate educational experience in New Zealand
(2007)This study focuses on the effect of postgraduate education on image interpretation of trauma to the appendicular skeleton from a New Zealand (NZ) perspective. It evaluates the changes in the reporting accuracy and the ... -
An evaluation of the main effects of shift work and their impacts as viewed by New Zealand medical radiation technologists
(2010)OBJECTIVES: 1. to investigate what MRTs view as being the main effects of shift work 2. to investigate the impact of the identified effects 3. to determine whether the expectations of shift work align with the ... -
Exploring the engagement of New Zealand diagnostic radiographers with research
(2013)Research question: To what extent are New Zealand diagnostic radiographers engaged with research and why? -
From the clinical to the managerial domain : the lived experience of role transition from radiographer to radiology manager in South-East Queensland
(John Open Access on behalf of Australian Institute of Radiography and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology, 2016-02-12)INTRODUCTION: This study seeks to add to current literature a descriptive account of the lived experience of radiographers’ transition to, and experiences of, management roles and identifies additional resources and support ... -
How medical imaging is contributing to leadership development: mBiT and the discovery of multiple brains
(New Zealand Institute of Radiation Technology (NZIMRT), 2013)mBIT (multiple Brain Integration Technologies) is a fascinating, new and world leading development in leadership, both in leadership development approaches and in our understanding of what leadership is and how it can be ... -
Imaging informatics professionals in New Zealand healthcare
(2012)This study investigated the Imaging Informatics Professionals in New Zealand Healthcare. It is a qualitative study which examined who is currently performing this role while analysing their experience, background and ... -
An investigation into formal role extension opportunities for MRI technologists in New Zealand
(2008)At present, role development and a possible career progression framework for medical radiation technologists (MRTs) in New Zealand (NZ) are being investigated. This study aims to examine the attitudes of MRTs working in ... -
A journey on an unknown path : the unexpected experience of online simulation-based teaching to medical imaging students under COVID-19 lockdown
(2020-06-24)The Covid-19 pandemic has driven rapid changes to higher education across the globe, in terms of mode of delivery and assessment. Online teaching has previously been considered as an alternative or supplementary pedagogy ... -
Lymphology, quo vadis? Report-1 – History of the Lymphatic System (LS) exploration and current LS teaching and learning.
(2017-08)We asked old school MRTs: Where is the LS going to? Is the LS relevant to the Medical Imaging Practice? An NZ MRT role model, researcher and educator stated: We performed lymphangiograms in the dark ages...alas To ... -
Lymphology, Quo Vadis? Report-2 – Advances in Lypmphology and Lymphatic System imaging and current medical application
(2017-08)Lymphatic system (LS) awareness amongst Medical Imaging students is low. Out of the 215 participants in a recent survey, 12.5% could list 3 to 4 elements of the LS “I don’t see what the LS has to do with bones and ... -
Matatika Matai Ora: An ethical framework for medical imaging technology students.
(Unitec Institute of Technology, 2013)Whakapapa - discussion paper • Definition • Link to clinical practice • Level definition • Evaluative questions • Scenario based question -
Monte Carlo simulation of the Compton camera for nuclear medical imaging
(Australian Institute of Physics, 2018-10)Nuclear Medicine Imaging System –Gamma camera Gamma camera head Compton camera Compton scattering (what you were taught) Compton scattering (what really happens) Doppler Broadening How Doppler broadening affects the ...
