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ArticleJournal of medical radiation sciences2019

Employing positive psychology to improve radiation therapy workplace culture.

Darren Hunter, Caroline Wright, Sue Pearson

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article 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. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A radiotherapy staff experience of gratitude during COVID-19 pandemic.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Darren HunterDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-1937
Caroline WrightDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Sue PearsonSchool of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia.
Monash Medical Centre · AUPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AUUniversity of Tasmania · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Australian radiotherapy profession is challenged by job dissatisfaction, stress, burnout and unfavourable attrition. This paper will use psychological models to discuss the confluence of job demands, resources and personal characteristics that contribute to these challenges. Factors contributing to burnout and attrition amongst Australian Radiation Therapists will be explored, and a number of leadership strategies will be introduced to improve workplace culture. These strategies - aligned with positive psychology - seek to address staff engagement, emotional needs, and job stressors.

Indexed as

RadiotherapyEmotionsHumansJob SatisfactionLeadershipOccupational StressOrganizationsWorkplaceAustraliaburnoutleadershippositive psychologyradiotherapystress

Identifiers

PMID30710429
PMCPMC6545407
OpenAlexW2912317288

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Registered trials

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