An analysis of bibliometric data exploring factors affecting research capacity amongst HCPC registered radiographers in England

Agwa, U.; Whiting, Cheryl

doi:10.1016/j.radi.2019.03.005

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“…As such, they have not been engaged in generating knowledge and rather, their practice has relied on tradition and experience 10 . Even today, the majority of the evidence base for medical imaging is from outside the radiography profession 13 . However, while research output from medical imaging professions is low, this study demonstrates that up to a third of medical imaging professionals are overall ‘moderately or very interested’ in research.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…10 Even today, the majority of the evidence base for medical imaging is from outside the radiography profession. 13 However, while research output from medical imaging professions is low, this study demonstrates that up to a third of medical imaging professionals are overall 'moderately or very interested' in research. This interest may stem from efforts to increase professional identity among medical imaging professionals, with increased exposure to research within graduate degrees and attempts to keep up with advancing technology.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…10 As such, engagement in research has previously been described as very low, 11,12 with most research generated by academics. 13 As little as 1% of allied health professionals working in medical imaging hold a higher research degree. 14,15 Common challenges to embedding research into imaging practice are workload pressures and time, access to equipment, organisational culture, lack of incentives and knowledge about research methods and a fear of research itself.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Traditionally, radiographers have not identified with being research generators and have viewed research as separate from clinical practice 10 . As such, engagement in research has previously been described as very low, 11,12 with most research generated by academics 13 . As little as 1% of allied health professionals working in medical imaging hold a higher research degree 14,15 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Research interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging: a cross‐sectional survey

Dennett

Cauchi

Harding

et al. 2020

J of Medical Radiation Sci

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Introduction: There is growing interest in developing research culture and opportunities for allied health professionals working in medical imaging. However, little attention has been given to identifying the research interest and needs of this group relative to the other allied health professions. We aimed to measure self-reported research participation, interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging and compare the findings to clinicians working in allied health therapies. Methods: A crosssectional survey of allied health professionals from medical imaging (radiographers, sonographers and nuclear medicine technologists) was conducted. The primary outcome, the Research Spider survey, measures 10 domains of research interest/experience/confidence on a 5-point Likert scale. Results were compared to allied health therapy data. Results: Responses were received by 82 medical imaging allied health professionals (65% response rate). Overall, medical imaging professionals rated themselves as having 'some interest' and 'little experience or confidence' in research. There was no difference in interest, experience and confidence among different imaging professions (interest P = 0.099, experience P = 0.380, confidence P = 0.212) or allied health therapists (interest P = 0.137, experience P = 0.363, confidence P = 0.791). Participants reported greatest interest in finding and reviewing literature and lowest interest in applying for funding. Conclusion: There are strong similarities between medical imaging allied health professionals and allied health therapy professionals. Therefore, strategies used to promote research culture in allied health therapy professions could be leveraged to provide opportunities for medical imaging allied health professionals.

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confidence: 76%

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confidence: 99%

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Research interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging: a cross‐sectional survey

Dennett

Cauchi

Harding

et al. 2020

J of Medical Radiation Sci

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“…These studies demonstrate consistent publication within peer-reviewed journals by international NMP staff; however, no comparable studies exist for NMP conference abstract rates. In addition to this, academic staff are more prolific than their clinical counterparts (62% versus 35% of authors) [61] and may therefore create a bias towards educational topics. Barriers to research within radiography and NM have been identified as a lack of time, research skills or an absence of a research culture [62,63].…”

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Evidence of expert clinical practice among nuclear medicine non-medical staff: a scoping review

Elliott

Pereira

Bell

et al. 2022

Nuclear Medicine Communications

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Objective This scoping review concerns expertclinical practice (ECP) by nuclear medicine practitioners (NMP), encompassing radiographers, technologists and nurses. ECP is typically demonstrated by clinical skills with higher levels of autonomy and responsibility traditionally fulfilled by physicians. The Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) framework by Health Education England (2017) specifies ECP as one aspect of advanced role progression. This scoping review aims to identify and categorise the extent and type of the existing NMP ECP evidence to support the establishment of Nuclear Medicine ACP.Methods PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and Ovid Medline were searched for peer-reviewed literature published between 2001 and 2021 using extended and advanced practice as key terms alongside nuclear medicine and each NMP profession. Due to the sparsity of results, conference abstracts from prominent international societies were also searched. Studies were independently reviewed and graded for inclusion by four NMP. ResultsOf the 36 studies that met the inclusion criteria, 80.6% were conference abstracts and 66.7% were single-centres studies. Commonly reported NM ECP activities included image interpretation, cardiac stressing and therapies. Less reported activities include ordering complementary diagnostic procedures, invasive procedures and physical examinations. The United Kingdom presented itself at the forefront of NMP ECP publications. ConclusionThis study demonstrates evidence of NMP ECP across a variety of clinical roles. The dominance of conference abstracts highlights NMP ECP as an emerging area of role extension and a potential preference for information dissemination by NMP. Greater research into specific NMP ECP activities is required particularly studies of greater sample size and robusticity. Nucl Med Commun

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Current pressure on the UK imaging workforce deters imaging research in the NHS and requires urgent attention

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An analysis of bibliometric data exploring factors affecting research capacity amongst HCPC registered radiographers in England

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

Research interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging: a cross‐sectional survey

Research interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging: a cross‐sectional survey

Evidence of expert clinical practice among nuclear medicine non-medical staff: a scoping review

Current pressure on the UK imaging workforce deters imaging research in the NHS and requires urgent attention

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