Achieving Excellence in Radiography Education and Research

Speaker Presentations

• Keynotes
  • Beyond beginnings: embedding and expanding innovations in radiography workforce, training, and education | Dr Janice St John Matthews, Senior Allied Health Professions Advisor, Office of the Chief AHP Officer, NHS England 
  • Apprenticeship pathway to leadership | Alejandra Osorio Parra, Apprentice Radiographer, University Hospitals Dorset and Tara Moffatt, Senior Radiographer and Practice Educator, University Hospitals Dorset 
  • Practice-based learning: safe learning environment charter implementation & culture in practice | Helen White, Associate Professor, Birmingham City University
  • Decolonising the curriculum | Katie Fordyce, Visiting Fellow (LSBU), Practice Education Lead (KCH), London South Bank University and Dr Musharrat Ahmed-Landeryou, Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy, London South Bank University
  • Caring for each other | Dr Julie Hendry, Associate Professor & Professional Lead (Radiotherapy & Oncology), St George’s, University of London

   

• Workshops
  • Understanding and implementing enhanced level practice in radiography | Melanie Clarkson, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Developing in practice education through individual and community activity | Kathryn Williamson, Professional Officer Education and Accreditation, Society and College of Radiographers and Dr Laura Charlesworth, Professional Officer for Education and Accreditation, Society and College of Radiographers 
  • How to use educational research to improve teaching practice | Professor Heidi Probst, Professor of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Growing educator capacity and capability | Kathryn Williamson, Professional Officer Education and Accreditation, Society and College of Radiographers and Professor Ruth Strudwick, Professor in Diagnostic Radiography and Head of AHPs, University of Suffolk

Proffered Papers

• Practice education
  • The development of an authentic hybrid learning environment for 1st year undergraduate Radiography students to benefit their mental health and well-being | Emma Edwards, Programme Director, Keele University
  • Precision in musculoskeletal imaging: utilizing dixon method to distinguish non-neoplastic from neoplastic lesions | Ehsan Kazemi, Radiographer, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
  • Practical workshops as a tool to support lecture content for year 1 students with minimal clinical experience | Kerry Owen, Lecturer Radiotherapy and Oncology, Cardiff university

• Preceptorship & pre-preceptorship
  • A national preceptorship programme for therapeutic radiographers - strengthening workforce through education innovations | Emma Charman, AHP Preceptorship Lead, GHNHSFT
  • Introducing preceptorship in radiography at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust| Christine McNally, Radiography Clinical Educator, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
  • Kent Oncology Centre - up-skilling band 6 therapeutic radiographers project | Jenny Filmer, Practice Development Radiographer, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
  • The role of radiographer involvement in and utilization of research for improving the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) in radiology department: a research protocol | Salma Alhajeri, PhD Student, Dundee University

• Simulation
  • Evaluation of a week-long simulated placement at level 5 and the impact on student resilience and readiness to complete their final year of study | Eleanor Monaghan, Lecturer, Keele University
  • Introducing a co-created, one-week simulation-based education package into the first year of a diagnostic radiography programme – all three phases | Ricky Lawless, Senior Lecturer, City St George’s, University of London
  • Radiography student perceptions of a simulated clinical placement to enhance clinical placement capacity: a descriptive qualitative study | Kirstie Brewer, Lecturer, Cardiff University
  • The scaffolding and design of 5 weeks of simulated placement throughout a BSc diagnostic radiography programme | Eleanor Monaghan, Lecturer, Keele University

• Interprofessional learning
  • Playful learning in diagnostic radiography education | Julie Stokes, Senior Lecturer Diagnostic Radiography, De Montfort University
  • London Imaging Academy online learning platform - supporting radiography education | Dr Tina Mistry, Consultant Radiologist and Training Programme Director, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
  • Analysis of a novel digital clinical placement (DCP) framework design | Wesley Doherty, Radiotherapy Clinical Educator, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

• Innovative and creative assessment
  • An investigation into the application of AI and machine based learning in educational curriculum and its effect on image interpretation capabilities | Saraaz Khalil, Diagnostic Radiographer, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS [Recording Below] 

   

  • Educational leadership placements – future proofing the next generation of radiographers | Emma Edwards, Programme Director, Keele University

• Service user involvement and simulation
  • Integrating service user experiences for radiography education: lessons to learn and lessons learnt | Professor Naomi Shiner, Faculty Director of Simulation, Keele University
  • Kent Oncology Centre - electron mark-Up simulation training | Fred Swaminathon, Practice Educator, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
  • Simulation in sonographer education: student perspectives | Catriona Hynes, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
  • The effectiveness of clinical simulation for Level 4 therapeutic radiography students: an analysis of skill development | Leah Untisz-Sly, Lecturer Radiotherapy & Oncology, Sheffield Hallam University

• Research-informed education
  • How does theory and evidence increase access to and engagement with teaching? | Jo Shuttlewood-Limb, Diagnostic Radiography Lecturer, University of Suffolk
  • Supporting the pastoral needs of undergraduate diagnostic radiography students: a phenomenological exploration of the educator’s experience | Dr Hollie Hadwen, Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography, University of Suffolk
  • Beyond technical expertise: the role of soft skills in career outreach | Nancy Sims, Diagnostic Radiography Lecturer, University of Suffolk
  • A regional scoping study of Radiographer educational requirements and clinical service need in relation to adaptive radiotherapy techniques | Amy Cooke, Senior Lecturer, Health Sciences University

• Inclusive education
  • Can student engagement be enhanced using an immersion room for simulated learning? | Samantha Mataka, Lecturer in Medical Science, University of Cumbria
  • A service evaluation of skin care protocol for radiotherapy patients of different ethnicities/ skin tones in radiotherapy departments in the UK|  Dr Julie Hendry (Associate Professor & Professional Lead (Radiotherapy & Oncology), St George’s, University of London) presented the work of her former student Alfa Marks, Therapeutic Radiographer. 
  • Embedding peer mentoring for AHPs into the curriculum in healthcare education and training | Julie Stokes, Senior Lecturer Diagnostic Radiography, De Montfort University
  • Democratising MRI education in Africa | Karyn Chappell, Postdoctoral Research Radiographer, Imperial College London