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Research interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging: a cross‐sectional survey

INTRODUCTION: There is growing interest in developing research culture and opportunities for allied health professionals working in medical imaging. However, little attention has been given to identifying the research interest and needs of this group relative to the other allied health professions....

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Autores principales: Dennett, Amy M, Cauchi, Travis, Harding, Katherine E, Kelly, Paul, Ashby, Georgina, Taylor, Nicholas F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8168060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32949482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.432
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author Dennett, Amy M
Cauchi, Travis
Harding, Katherine E
Kelly, Paul
Ashby, Georgina
Taylor, Nicholas F
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Harding, Katherine E
Kelly, Paul
Ashby, Georgina
Taylor, Nicholas F
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description INTRODUCTION: There is growing interest in developing research culture and opportunities for allied health professionals working in medical imaging. However, little attention has been given to identifying the research interest and needs of this group relative to the other allied health professions. We aimed to measure self‐reported research participation, interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging and compare the findings to clinicians working in allied health therapies. METHODS: A cross‐sectional survey of allied health professionals from medical imaging (radiographers, sonographers and nuclear medicine technologists) was conducted. The primary outcome, the Research Spider survey, measures 10 domains of research interest/experience/confidence on a 5‐point Likert scale. Results were compared to allied health therapy data. RESULTS: Responses were received by 82 medical imaging allied health professionals (65% response rate). Overall, medical imaging professionals rated themselves as having ‘some interest’ and ‘little experience or confidence’ in research. There was no difference in interest, experience and confidence among different imaging professions (interest P = 0.099, experience P = 0.380, confidence P = 0.212) or allied health therapists (interest P = 0.137, experience P = 0.363, confidence P = 0.791). Participants reported greatest interest in finding and reviewing literature and lowest interest in applying for funding. CONCLUSION: There are strong similarities between medical imaging allied health professionals and allied health therapy professionals. Therefore, strategies used to promote research culture in allied health therapy professions could be leveraged to provide opportunities for medical imaging allied health professionals.
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spelling pubmed-81680602021-06-05 Research interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging: a cross‐sectional survey Dennett, Amy M Cauchi, Travis Harding, Katherine E Kelly, Paul Ashby, Georgina Taylor, Nicholas F J Med Radiat Sci Original Articles INTRODUCTION: There is growing interest in developing research culture and opportunities for allied health professionals working in medical imaging. However, little attention has been given to identifying the research interest and needs of this group relative to the other allied health professions. We aimed to measure self‐reported research participation, interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging and compare the findings to clinicians working in allied health therapies. METHODS: A cross‐sectional survey of allied health professionals from medical imaging (radiographers, sonographers and nuclear medicine technologists) was conducted. The primary outcome, the Research Spider survey, measures 10 domains of research interest/experience/confidence on a 5‐point Likert scale. Results were compared to allied health therapy data. RESULTS: Responses were received by 82 medical imaging allied health professionals (65% response rate). Overall, medical imaging professionals rated themselves as having ‘some interest’ and ‘little experience or confidence’ in research. There was no difference in interest, experience and confidence among different imaging professions (interest P = 0.099, experience P = 0.380, confidence P = 0.212) or allied health therapists (interest P = 0.137, experience P = 0.363, confidence P = 0.791). Participants reported greatest interest in finding and reviewing literature and lowest interest in applying for funding. CONCLUSION: There are strong similarities between medical imaging allied health professionals and allied health therapy professionals. Therefore, strategies used to promote research culture in allied health therapy professions could be leveraged to provide opportunities for medical imaging allied health professionals. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-09-19 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8168060/ /pubmed/32949482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.432 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_short Research interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging: a cross‐sectional survey
title_sort research interest, experience and confidence of allied health professionals working in medical imaging: a cross‐sectional survey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8168060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32949482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.432
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