JMRS ASMIRT CPD Q&A - Medical Imaging

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JMRS ASMIRT CPD Q&A - Medical Imaging - March 2023

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Continuing Professional Development Q&A - Medical Imaging

Exploring the role of medical imaging assistants in Australian medical imaging departments: A mixed-methods study

Pinson JA, King OA, Dennett AM, Davis A, Williams CM, Snowdon DA. (2023)

J Med Radiat Sci. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.623

1. In this study, what was the most common communication mode between colleagues and patients? *

1 point

a. Phone

b. Electronic

c. Face-to-face

d. Communication book

2. Which task did medical imaging assistants spend the most time doing? *

1 point

a. Moving equipment

b. Transferring patients

c. Facilitating patient preparation

d. Managing the booking schedule

3. How many different tasks did participants identify in this study? *

1 point

a. 21

b. 23

c. 27

d. 32

4. What was the total time motion data collected? *

1 point

a. 1470 minutes

b. 4170 minutes

c. 4710 minutes

d. 7140 minutes

5. What was one of the three major themes identified in this study? *

1 point

a. Tasks are important to workflow

b. Tasks are predominantly patient facing

c. Medical imaging assistants love their job

d. Medical imaging assistants communicate mostly with medical imaging professionals

Recommended further reading:

1. Snowdon DA, King OA, Dennett A, Pinson JA, Shannon MM, Collyer TA, Davis A, Williams CM. Delegation of patient related tasks to allied health assistants: a time motion study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Oct 24;22(1):1280.

2. King OA, Pinson JA, Dennett A, Williams C, Davis A, Snowdon DA. Allied health assistants' perspectives of their role in healthcare settings: A qualitative study. Health Soc Care Community. 2022 Jun 10. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13874.

3. Cartwright AK, Pain T, Heslop DJ. Substitution, delegation or addition? Implications of workforce skill mix on efficiency and interruptions in computed tomography. Aust Health Rev. 2021 Jun;45(3):382-388.

This content was created in conjunction with the Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) CPD Program.

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