Identification of research priorities of radiography science: A modified Delphi study in Europe

Abstract

Radiography science is a new discipline among health sciences. It is a discipline that investigates phenomena in medical imaging, radiation therapy, and nuclear medicine. It has merged from the need to provide research evidence to support these services. The domain of the discipline needs clarification and more research should be focused on its paradigmatic issues. Radiography research priorities have been previously charted on a national level in different countries but the viewpoint has been that of the needs of the profession, not of the discipline. This study aimed to identify the priorities of the discipline. The method chosen was a modified version of the Delphi technique with two rounds. The expert panel consisted of 24 European radiography researchers with long professional experience. This study shows that the research priorities in radiography science are related to the phenomena of radiographers' profession, clinical practices, and the safe and high‐quality use of radiation and technology for medical imaging, radiotherapy, and nuclear medicine. Identifying these priorities can help focus research onto most important topics and clarify disciplinary perspective.

Driving professional development and growth through research: a commentary

“…Coupled with the strategy, funding, and research culture is the need to identify contextual research priorities. For example, studies by T€ ornroos, et al 40 and The College of Radiographers 41 identified several research priorities for Radiography within the European and UK contexts. These were classified into the following broad categories: radiographers' profession, clinical practice in radiography, safe and high-quality use of radiation, technology in radiography, discipline of radiography science and leadership and management.…”

“…Coupled with the strategy, funding, and research culture is the need to identify contextual research priorities. For example, studies by Törnroos, et al 40 . and The College of Radiographers 41 identified several research priorities for Radiography within the European and UK contexts.…”

“…and The College of Radiographers 41 identified several research priorities for Radiography within the European and UK contexts. These were classified into the following broad categories: radiographers' profession, clinical practice in radiography, safe and high‐quality use of radiation, technology in radiography, discipline of radiography science and leadership and management 40 . In the UK context, similar priorities were identified and classified into the public and patient experience, accuracy and safety, education and training, service and workforce transformation and technical innovations 41 .…”

Medical magnetic resonance imaging publications in Arab countries: A 25-year bibliometric analysis

“…Based on Sanna Törnroos et al, the research priorities of radiography science in Europe are related to the radiographers' profession, clinical practice, and the safe,high-quality use of radiation and technology for medical imaging [ 8 ]. The research priorities among Norwegian radiation therapists (RTs) focus on enhancing professional practice, specifically in the areas of new techniques and competence [ 9 ].…”

Effects of a 360° virtual counselling environment on patient anxiety and CCTA process time: A randomised controlled trial

“…1,91,92 It is notable that awareness about the importance of patient-centred counselling has increased, 93 with patient-centred care and evidence-based practices for improving the quality in clinical practice recently identified as research priorities for radiography science. 94 A total of five previous studies have analysed CCTA-related anxiety (Table 2). Notably, 50e74% of patients experienced anxiety before the CCTA.…”