Promoting the radiographers profession N Correia TRM Centre

Promoting the radiographer’s profession N. Correia TRM, Centre d’Imagerie Lausanne. Epalinges S. de Labouchere TRM, HESAV & Clinique Bois-cerf J. Rossier TRM, Inselspital Universitätsinstitut für DIPR S. Sergio TRM, Clinique Cecil

Plan • • • 2 Why this project ? What impacts ? Acting upon our observations Different steps of the project Creating the product Conclusion

Why this project ? 3 • Lack of recognition and/or knowledge of radiographers’ professional role • Noticed during our studies : friends/family and other health workers/students • These impressions/observations were backed up by research in different countries

1. Healthcare co-workers Different populations • • « Button-pushers » Technical aspect only 2. Within the school (HESAV) • • Technical aspect only No knowledge of radiographers’ professional role 3. General public (patients, friends, family…) • • 4 Stereotypes : women are nurses and men are doctors No knowledge of the difference between radiologists and radiographers

What impacts ? 5 • • Practitioners low self-esteem • Apathy towards their jobs and continuous training • Lack of desire to participate in their professional development Tendency to devaluate their role

Acting upon our observations • Background • • • Optional module entitled « Project Management » Project Objective • 6 During our 3 rd year at HESAV Promoting radiographers’ skills and the different fields of study

Different steps of the project 1. Projet management initiation 2. Learning process and tools • • • Planification (Gantt chart) Budget Target Risk assessment Auto-evaluation 3. Starting the pre-project 7

• • Creating the preproject • 8 Identifying our needs Insurring feasability • Risk assessment and Gantt chart Clarifying ideas • • Brainstorming Workload organisation • Mainly group meetings and individual work • • SMART objectives Logbook and meeting summaries

Estimating and identifying ressources • Financial • • Human • • HESAV & ASTRM Technical • 9 ASTRM ↔ HESAV

Creating the product • Means of communication • • • Flyers Why ? • • 10 Posters Ease of diffusion Reduced costs

Essential elements of the product 11 • Profession’s technical and human relations aspects • The radiographer is a medical caregiver in contact with patients • • • Three areas of radiology Teamwork Radioprotection

Poster 12

Poster • • 13 Attractive catch phrase Highlighting the profession’s two main aspects

Poster 14 • Main aspects of radiographers’ profession • • Technical aspects Human relations aspects

Nuclear medicine Poster • • 15 Functional images Purpose : diagnostic and/or therapeutic

Radiation Oncology Poster 16 • Cancer treatment with radiations • Treatement planning

Diagnostic and interventionnal radiology Poster • • 17 Morphological images +/- contrast agent injection

Final product • Distributed to all radiology centers of Western Switzerland by the ASTRM • • • 20 November 2015 10’ 000 flyers and 200 posters Available to patients, the public and / or health professionals

Conclusion • Primary objective : • Promoting radiographers’ skills and the different fields of study • • 21 Objective attained What about now ?

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