Achieving Excellence in Radiography Education and Research

Event organiser

Speakers

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  Jonathan McNulty

  Associate Professor/Editor in Chief

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  Louise Codd

  Senior Lecturer and Superintendent Therapeutic Radiographer

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  Jennifer Keane

  Director of Intermediate Care and Rehabilitation

• Demelza Green

  Senior Lecturer/Senior Academic Leader

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  John Hammond

  Associate Professor

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  Helen White

  Associate Professor

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  Vanessa Ho

  Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Reader in Pharmacology and Inclusive Practice

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  Julie Hendry

  Associate Professor/Associate Dean

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  Kathryn Williamson

  Professional Officer Education & Accreditation

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  Gareth Bolton

  Ultrasound Programme Leader/Senior Lecturer

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  Aarthi Ramlaul

  Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiography

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  Elaine Wilkinson

  Assistant Professor in Diagnostic Radiography

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  Amy Robertson

  Professional Officer for Education & Accreditation

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  Sue Morgan

  Senior Lecturer

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  Andrew Davies

  Associate Professor

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  Robert Meertens

  Senior Lecturer (Medical Imaging)

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  Stephanie Tempest

  Workforce Learning and Development Consultant and AHP

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  Ruth Strudwick

  Professor in Diagnostic Radiography

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  Jenny Corden-Jolly

  Senior Lecturer

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  James Harcus

  Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging

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  Melanie Clarkson

  Principal Lecturer in Advancing Practice for AHPs

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  Helen Watts

  Radiography Clinical Fellow

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  Ben Potts

  Newly Qualified Diagnostic Radiographer

Sessions

Thu 23 Nov, 2023

• 09:30 - 10:00

  09:30 - 10:00

  Registration

• 10:00 - 10:10

  10:00 - 10:10

  Welcome and Introduction

• 10:10 - 11:00

  10:10 - 11:00

  Conference Keynote: How to Demonstrate Influence and Impact Change

• 11:00 - 11:30

  11:00 - 11:30

  Break

• 11:30 - 12:30

  11:30 - 12:30

  CoR Programme Approval: Get involved – Your College Needs You!

  Please select one workshop to attend at 11:30 on 23 November. The College of Radiographers (CoR) works in partnership with clinical and academic departments, external organisations and individuals to ensure that programmes of education and training related to the Radiography profession, maintain, and continue to develop the highest standards of clinical imaging and oncology practice and conduct. We welcome you to join this workshop, where together we will discuss the current work of the College’s Education and Accreditation team, the work of our CoR Assessors and how you can get involved.@

• 11:30 - 12:30

  11:30 - 12:30

  Research Culture: How to Review a Paper

  Please select one workshop to attend at 11:30 on 23 November. In this interactive workshop we will explore some of the key aspects of reviewing a paper, whether it is for CPD, researching a topic/project, or as part of peer review. We will cover tips and tricks, supporting tools that are available, and also insights from those who regularly review literature on how to get key messages from a paper efficiently and effectively, whilst also looking out for potential limitations or sources of bias.

• 12:30 - 13:30

  12:30 - 13:30

  Lunch, Poster Viewing and Networking

• 13:30 - 14:45

  13:30 - 14:45

  Proffered Papers: Session 2

  You'll select which session you'd like to attend on the day. 13:30-13:40 | A Novel Idea to Increase Clinical Placement Capacity for BSc Diagnostic Radiography Students13:40-13:50 | Full Patient Access to Electronic Medical Records: Implications for UK Sonographer Education13:50-14:00 | Implementing Quality, Safety and Risk Management into the Undergraduate Radiography Curriculum, by Combining Theory and Clinical Practice14:00-14:10 | Confidence and Quality: Lessons from a Ward Based Interprofessional Simulation Pilot Event14:10-14:20 | Just ASK! Introducing a Transitional Academic Skills Module to Level 414:20-14:30 | Decolonising Approach to Curriculum Transformation in Diagnostic Radiography

• 13:30 - 14:45

  13:30 - 14:45

  Proffered Papers: Session 1

  You'll select which session you'd like to attend on the day.@13:30-13:40 | The Development of a Virtual Escape Room to Support a Simulated Teaching Block13:40-13:50 | Understanding Patient Views and Acceptability of Predictive Software in Osteoporosis Identification13:50-14:00 | Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Diagnostic Radiography Students in Relation to Gender and Learning on Clinical Placement: A Qualitative Study14:00-14:10 | Foundation and Future Vision for Practice-Based Learning in Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging Across Wales14:10-14:20 | Caring in Therapeutic Radiography: An Exploration of Academic Educator Perceptions and Experiences

• 14:45 - 15:05

  14:45 - 15:05

  Unpacking Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Staff and Students

• 15:05 - 15:25

  15:05 - 15:25

  The Awarding Gap

• 15:25 - 15:45

  15:25 - 15:45

  Neurodiversity: Sharing Student Healthcare Initiative for Neurodiversity and Equity

  Sharing Student Healthcare Initiative for Neurodiversity and Equity (SSHINE) is a student-led multi-disciplinary initiative founded by Ben Potts, a now newly qualified diagnostic radiographer, and Jade Wareham, an apprentice adult nurse. It has over 20 members, covering different nursing disciplines and 7 allied health professions. Using their own lived experience, the collective collaborate on resources intending to improve the support and experience of neurodivergent healthcare students. This session will introduce the movement of neurodiversity, providing the context and the foundational knowledge needed. It will discuss the barriers and obstacles faced by neurodivergent healthcare students, focusing on those in radiography. Finally, it will present SSHINE’s work in more detail, suggesting how it can be applied and used in practice-based radiography education.

• 15:45 - 16:10

  15:45 - 16:10

  Break

• 16:10 - 16:30

  16:10 - 16:30

  Inclusive Assessment

  This presentation centres on our pioneering approach to inclusive and innovative assessment within the BSc Diagnostic Radiography AP progression apprenticeship programme. Our assessment strategy embodies inclusivity, being meticulously designed with accessibility in mind. Apprentices are empowered with agency, granted the freedom to determine their preferred approach to submitting work for evaluation wherever this is pragmatic.

• 16:30 - 16:50

  16:30 - 16:50

  Radiography Assessment in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

  Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen step-change innovations in recent years, for example in large language models such as chatGPT and in deep learning algorithms. Companies have invested heavily in making these new systems widely available for little or no cost for small scale end users. The result of this is that students have access to tools that can generate content including text and images, as well as re-write existing material, for example paraphrasing or translating existing text.This poses a risk of academic malpractice in University assessments, with work being submitted that has not been done by the student. This issue is compounded by the fact that our existing malpractice detection tools such as TurnItIn, which search for similarities in text, are not going to be effective in detecting computer generated content. It remains unknown, and perhaps unlikely, that a technological solution to detect computer generated content will be developed in the foreseeable future.It is not possible or desirable to forbid the use of any AI by students. We must prepare students for practice where AI will be used routinely, so they can utilise AI effectively to benefit patients. On the other hand we must ensure that students meet the learning outcomes for our courses. This session explores the challenges to current assessments from AI and how our assessments must adapt to ensure fairness and rigour in an increasingly AI enabled world.

• 16:50 - 17:10

  16:50 - 17:10

  Innovative Assessment

• 17:10 - 17:30

  17:10 - 17:30

  Stage Appropriate Proficiencies: Do We Have Consensus?

  Diagnostic imaging practice has continued to evolve, with imaging central to the success of healthcare policy initiatives and priorities around health promotion and early disease detection. Delivery models of care have also morphed, responding to increased demand, advancing scopes of practice to streamline pathways, expedite patient care and improve patient outcomes. The harnessing of technology and artificial intelligence to support digital health initiatives and evolving practitioner roles is also changing the healthcare landscape. The 2023 revision to the HCPC Standards of Proficiency sets future expectations for diagnostic radiography graduate capabilities to support modern practices and flexible service delivery. This presentation will present the findings of NHS England Workforce Transformation and Education funded research on the stage by which standards would be expected to be met, how prepared radiographers and educators felt to support and assess students, and what would enable clinical placement sites to support and assess students to meet the standards.

• 17:30 - 17:30

  17:30 - 17:30

  Close of Day One

• 19:00 - 21:30

  19:00 - 21:30

  Dinner

  Professor Ruth Strudwick from the University of Suffolk will be arranging an informal meal at a local restaurant for delegates. If you're interested in attending please email Ruth Strudwick ([email protected]) to let her know by 17:00 on Friday 17 November.Please note the following: @The cost of dinner is not included in the conference fee. This will be at additional cost payable on the evening.Your email address will be shared with Ruth to collect the above information.

Fri 24 Nov, 2023

• 08:30 - 09:00

  08:30 - 09:00

  Registration

• 09:00 - 09:30

  09:00 - 09:30

  Ultrasound Education: The Role of CASE & BMUS

  Ultrasound Education: The Role of Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE) @ British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS)The following issues will be explored; the role of CASE committee and the challenges currently faced.@CASE's philosophy is to promote best ultrasound practice through the accreditation of those training programmes that develop safe and competent ultrasound practitioners. The majority of its activities relate to supporting those Institutions that offer, or wish to offer, courses leading to an award in Medical or Clinical Ultrasound.In addition to offering accreditation of new, and re-accreditation of established ultrasound education programmes, CASE undertakes annual monitoring of the courses it has accredited. The information obtained is fed back to the Institutions both on an individual basis and via the annual CASE report.@The role of BMUS will also be discussed bearing in mind each member organisation is unique and has its own obligations to its membership and its own agenda while CASE brings them together to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas in which shared views may be synthesised, and thus inform education and training programmes.The presentation will conclude by considering the future of ultrasound education and the potential roles of CASE and BMUS.

• 09:30 - 10:00

  09:30 - 10:00

  Enhanced Level Practice: Development of a Schema

  The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan (2023) identified the need to modernise careers across the wide variety of skill mix found within the healthcare workforce, allowing highly skilled professionals to work to their fully trained potential and develop a clear career pathway with the aim to retain the workforce. Enhanced Practice is a defined level of clinical and professional practice, making a significant impact on patient care and clinical services, through workforce redesign.Using specific knowledge and skills within an enhanced scope of practice practitioners will make autonomous decisions within a defined area of practice, mitigating and managing risk to the patient, themselves and others, and the organisation. In many professions, like radiography, this level of practice is nothing new, but this newfound awareness allows for further education and training development of the workforce.

• 10:00 - 10:30

  10:00 - 10:30

  Enabling Inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Students

  This session will discuss contemporary issues for LGBTQIA+ inclusion in healthcare education based on literature and evidence, and consider the influence of current guidance and policy. The session will encourage delegates to reflect on their own practice and consider strategies for greater inclusion in radiography and healthcare education.

• 10:30 - 11:00

  10:30 - 11:00

  Break

• 11:00 - 12:00

  11:00 - 12:00

  The Expanding Provision; ‘Playing Nice’ and Working Together

  Radiography has been a graduate profession for over 30 years, the first degree programme in the UK being approved in 1989. Currently there are 33 higher education institutions offering 62 diagnostic and 25 therapeutic pre-registration programmes which are approved by the HCPC.The growth in the number and breadth of the options available may have an altruistic aim to providing widening participation to support and meet the demand of the radiography workforce yet it has not come without its challenges. A finite pool of applicants, increased pressures on clinical department, ‘sharing’ of placements, and increased competition between providers are a few of the issues that are being faced.The aim of this workshop is to explore ways in which we can address such issues by offering a chance to discuss four key themes: why do we need new provision and providers, how do we work collaboratively, what is the best way to share resources and what might be the effect of increasing provision?

• 11:00 - 12:00

  11:00 - 12:00

  Research Culture: Writing for Publication

  Please select one workshop to attend at 11:00 on 24 November. This workshop is aimed at those who are: currently contemplating a research paper for publication, preparing a paper for submission, generally interested in scientific writing, or interested in discussing the importance for our profession of scientific writing and engaging with the published literature. The workshop aims to provide top tips for clinical, academic, and research radiographers of all levels who would like to publish in journals including Radiography.Discussion topics will include:The value of publishing your work (personal, professional, healthcare)Selecting the ‘best’ journal for your workAvoiding mistakes from the outset and minimising the chances of a desk rejection (planning, preparation, and organisation)Ethical considerationsStructuring your paper for publication.

• 12:00 - 13:00

  12:00 - 13:00

  Lunch, Poster Viewing and Networking

• 13:00 - 14:15

  13:00 - 14:15

  Proffered Papers: Session 2

  You'll select which session you'd like to attend on the day. 13:00-13:10 | Radiography Mindlines: An Ongoing Ethnographic Study of Knowledge Sharing in Clinical Radiography Education13:10-13:20 | Using Exemplars to Improve Students’ Understanding of the Mark Scheme13:20-13:30 | A Collaborative Approach to Building Research Knowledge @ Understanding for the Future Therapeutic Radiography Workforce in Wales13:30-13:40 | Challenges of a Practice Educator13:40-13:50 | College of Radiographers’ Education and Career Framework (4th Edition): Implementation Study13:50-14:00 | The Value of Collaboration with Practice Partners in Programme Design

• 13:00 - 14:15

  13:00 - 14:15

  Proffered Papers: Session 1

  You'll select which session you'd like to attend on the day. 13:00- 13:10 | Advancing Supervision @ Mentor Training for Diagnostic Radiographers13:10-13:20 | Armed Forces into Allied Health (AFiAH)13:20-13:30 | Closing the Gap: Actions and Initiatives to Support Student Attainment13:30-13:40 | Supporting the Pastoral Needs of Undergraduate Diagnostic Radiography Students: Exploring the Educator's Experience Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)13:40-13:50 | A Qualitative Investigation of@ Radiographer’s Understanding of the Cultural Variations in the Perceptions of Suspected Physical Abuse: Implications for Education and Application of@ @Safeguarding Standards within Clinical Practice13:50-14:00 | What Does Radiography Research Mean to You? Developing ‘Co-Constructed Depiction’ Methodology with Participant Researchers

• 14:15 - 14:45

  14:15 - 14:45

  Break

• 14:45 - 15:00

  14:45 - 15:00

  Pre-Preceptorship: What It Is and Its Importance to the Future Workforce

• 15:00 - 15:30

  15:00 - 15:30

  NHS England Update: Cancer and Diagnostics and Future Direction of Travel

• 15:30 - 16:00

  15:30 - 16:00

  Growth-Based Career Planning and The KAWA (River) Model Approach

• 16:00 - 16:15

  16:00 - 16:15

  Close of Conference

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