Awareness and knowledge of the practice of therapy radiographers among radiography students - A cross-sectional study

IF 0.2 Q4 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Mohammad Habeebu, Abolade Aminu, M. Akpochafor, S. Adeneye, O. Salako, L. Agaga, N. Irurhe, Adeniji Adeoluwa
{"title":"Awareness and knowledge of the practice of therapy radiographers among radiography students - A cross-sectional study","authors":"Mohammad Habeebu, Abolade Aminu, M. Akpochafor, S. Adeneye, O. Salako, L. Agaga, N. Irurhe, Adeniji Adeoluwa","doi":"10.4103/jcls.jcls_26_20","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cancer is a public health problem affecting all categories of people worldwide and radiation therapy is often the mainstay of management. A successful radiotherapy treatment requires well-skilled professionals such as radiation oncologist, therapy radiographers, and medical physicist. Radiography is an indispensable heart of modern medicine, in the diagnosis and management of diseases. This study was conducted to determine the level of awareness and knowledge of the practice of therapy radiographers among radiography students. Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among radiography students in College of Medicine, University of Lagos over a period of 3 months. Results: Majority of the respondents (44.9%) were within the age range of 21–25 years. Majority of the respondents (91.7%) had not had clinical posting on radiotherapy. A few students, 33 (21.2%) had encountered a therapy radiographer during clinical posting. Majority of the respondents (89.7%) had never heard about a therapy radiographer. A minority (19.2%) of the respondents indicated that they would like to be therapy radiographers. Majority of the respondents (44.2%) had no interest because think they do not make good money (9.6%), because they did not know what it entailed (lacked knowledge) (16.0%), and because of the perceived high risk of radiation dose (25.6%). Conclusion: This study revealed that radiography majority of radiography students are not aware nor have the knowledge of the practice of therapy radiographers. There is also a lack of interest in these students in becoming therapy radiographers.","PeriodicalId":15490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":"18 - 23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Clinical Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jcls.jcls_26_20","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background: Cancer is a public health problem affecting all categories of people worldwide and radiation therapy is often the mainstay of management. A successful radiotherapy treatment requires well-skilled professionals such as radiation oncologist, therapy radiographers, and medical physicist. Radiography is an indispensable heart of modern medicine, in the diagnosis and management of diseases. This study was conducted to determine the level of awareness and knowledge of the practice of therapy radiographers among radiography students. Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among radiography students in College of Medicine, University of Lagos over a period of 3 months. Results: Majority of the respondents (44.9%) were within the age range of 21–25 years. Majority of the respondents (91.7%) had not had clinical posting on radiotherapy. A few students, 33 (21.2%) had encountered a therapy radiographer during clinical posting. Majority of the respondents (89.7%) had never heard about a therapy radiographer. A minority (19.2%) of the respondents indicated that they would like to be therapy radiographers. Majority of the respondents (44.2%) had no interest because think they do not make good money (9.6%), because they did not know what it entailed (lacked knowledge) (16.0%), and because of the perceived high risk of radiation dose (25.6%). Conclusion: This study revealed that radiography majority of radiography students are not aware nor have the knowledge of the practice of therapy radiographers. There is also a lack of interest in these students in becoming therapy radiographers.
放射学学生对治疗放射技师实践的认识和知识-一项横断面研究
背景:癌症是影响全世界所有类别人群的公共卫生问题,放射治疗通常是治疗的主要手段。成功的放射治疗需要熟练的专业人员,如放射肿瘤学家、放射治疗技师和医学物理学家。放射学是现代医学中诊断和治疗疾病不可或缺的核心。本研究旨在确定学生对放射治疗技师的认知和知识水平。方法:本研究是一项描述性横断面研究,对拉各斯大学医学院放射学专业的学生进行了为期3个月的研究。结果:调查对象年龄在21 ~ 25岁之间,占44.9%。绝大多数(91.7%)的受访患者没有接受过放射治疗。少数学生,33名(21.2%)曾在临床工作期间遇到放射治疗技师。大多数受访者(89.7%)从未听说过放射治疗技师。少数受访者(19.2%)表示他们希望成为放射治疗技师。大多数受访者(44.2%)不感兴趣,因为他们认为他们赚的钱不多(9.6%),因为他们不知道它需要什么(缺乏知识)(16.0%),以及因为感觉到辐射剂量的高风险(25.6%)。结论:本研究揭示了绝大多数学生对放射治疗技师的实践并不了解或不具备相关知识。这些学生对成为放射治疗技师也缺乏兴趣。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Journal of Clinical Sciences
Journal of Clinical Sciences MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-
自引率
0.00%
发文量
15
审稿时长
45 weeks
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信