Trial reportJournal of medical radiation sciences2019
Evaluating the effectiveness of intensive versus non-intensive image interpretation education for radiographers: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of medical radiation sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Radiographic image interpretation by Australian radiographers: a systematic review.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2019Pooled it
- Evaluating the effectiveness of intensive versus non-intensive image interpretation education for radiographers: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2019Trial
- Radiographer Preliminary Image Evaluation Accuracy in Interpreting Paediatric Trauma Radiographs.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2026Article
- Analysing false-positive errors when Australian radiographers use preliminary image evaluation.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2024Article
- Workload as a predictor of radiographer preliminary image evaluation accuracy.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2024Article
- Preliminary image evaluation performance of radiographers in one New Zealand District: a 6-month prospective study.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2024Article
- Formalising written preliminary image evaluation by Australian radiographers: a review of practice value.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2024Review
- An analysis of radiographer preliminary image evaluation - A focus on common false negatives.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe purpose of this randomised controlled trial was to compare the effectiveness of intensive and non-intensive formats of delivery of image interpretation education for radiographers.
methodsA multi-centre, stratified (by years of experience) two group parallel arm, single blind, randomised controlled trial was conducted. Participants (n = 48) were allocated to one of two groups to receive image interpretation education: (1) intensive format (13.5 h over two consecutive days) (2) non-intensive (sequential 90-min tutorials delivered 1 week apart). Participants undertook x-ray interpretation tests before education, at 1-week post-education completion and at 12-week post-education completion.
resultsImage interpretation performance was not significantly different between groups at baseline. A generalised linear model indicated that participants who received intensive education format improved image interpretation performance by a greater margin than the group that received non-intensive education at 1-week (P = 0.002) and 12-week (P < 0.001) follow-up assessments.
conclusionsAlthough both formats of education delivery may be beneficial, the findings of this study have indicated that the intensive format of delivery was more effective at improving radiographers' ability to interpret trauma radiographs in the weeks after completion of the image interpretation program.
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