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Anim-Sampong S, Ohene-Botwea B, Sarkodie BS, Antwi WK, Sule DS. Perception of professionalism in clinical practice among clinical year radiography students in a tertiary institution in Ghana. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci 2023; 54:319-327. [PMID: 37059634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2023.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Professionalism describes the positive attitudes, conduct, aims, values, skills, and behaviours that characterize a profession or a group of professionals. The steady professional growth of radiographers, which begins during undergraduate training, continues to be significantly influenced by education. As professional traits are ingrained in radiography students through official clinical instruction and observations, research on professionalism is necessary to monitor the perception of the subject matter. However, no study on Ghanaian radiography students on professionalism has been conducted. The goal of this study was to determine how clinical radiography students at a higher education facility in Ghana viewed the professionalism of radiography practice. METHODS Sixty-four consenting Level 300 (3rd year) and Level 400 (4th year) students in the University of Ghana School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences' BSc Diagnostic Radiography and BSc Therapy programmes completed the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine Professionalism Questionnaire (PSCOM-PQ) which was used to determine the impacts and challenges to professionalism. Version 23.0 of the Statistical Package for Social Science program (SPSS 23.0) was used to analyze the collected data. RESULTS A good sense of professionalism in clinical practice was held by the majority of clinical radiography students. More than 56% of them observed professional practice among the majority of radiographers, contrary to 40.6% of them who witnessed it among only a few radiographers. The students observed both positive and negative effects on the professionalism of radiography practice. As a result, 77.9% of the students said that it was difficult to exhibit professionalism in radiography during their clinical training. CONCLUSION The students agreed that professionalism impacted positively and negatively on radiography practice, and consequently identified to need to address the mitigating challenges to improve the level of professionalism. By this, most of the clinical year students had a better understanding of perceptions of the professionalism of radiography practice. IMPLICATION FOR PRACTICE According to the study's findings, clinical students' radiography practice is affected either positively or negatively by their conceptions of professionalism and their adherence to them during the entire training period.
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- S Anim-Sampong
- Dept. of Radiography, University of Ghana, Box KB143 Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana.
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- Dept. of Radiography, University of Ghana, Box KB143 Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana; Dept. of Midwifery and Radiography, School of Psychology and Health Sciences, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United States
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- Div. of Public Health and Health Promotions, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United States
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- Dept. of Radiography, University of Ghana, Box KB143 Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana
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- Dept. of Radiography, University of Ghana, Box KB143 Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana
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Rangachari P, Mushiana SS, Herbert K. A Narrative Review of Factors Historically Influencing Telehealth Use across Six Medical Specialties in the United States. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18094995. [PMID: 34066829 PMCID: PMC8125887 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18094995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, studies in the US have identified wide variations in telehealth use across medical specialties. This is an intriguing problem, because the US has historically lacked a standardized set of telehealth coverage and reimbursement policies, which has posed a barrier to telehealth use across all specialties. Although all medical specialties in the US have been affected by these macro (policy-level) barriers, some specialties have been able to integrate telehealth use into mainstream practice, while others are just gaining momentum with telehealth during COVID-19. Although the temporary removal of policy (coverage) restrictions during the pandemic has accelerated telehealth use, uncertainties remain regarding future telehealth sustainability. Since macro (policy-level) factors by themselves do not serve to explain the variation in telehealth use across specialties, it would be important to examine meso (organizational-level) and micro (individual-level) factors historically influencing telehealth use across specialties, to understand underlying reasons for variation and identify implications for widespread sustainability. This paper draws upon the existing literature to develop a conceptual framework on macro-meso-micro factors influencing telehealth use within a medical specialty. The framework is then used to guide a narrative review of the telehealth literature across six medical specialties, including three specialties with lower telehealth use (allergy-immunology, family medicine, gastroenterology) and three with higher telehealth use (psychiatry, cardiology, radiology) in the US, in order to synthesize themes and gain insights into barriers and facilitators to telehealth use. In doing so, this review addresses a gap in the literature and provides a foundation for future research. Importantly, it helps to identify implications for ensuring widespread sustainability of telehealth use in the post-pandemic future.
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- Pavani Rangachari
- Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
- Department of Family Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-706-721-2622
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- School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA;
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA;
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Sammer MBK, Stahl A, Ozkan E, Sher AC. Implementation of a Software Distribution Intervention to Improve Workload Balance in an Academic Pediatric Radiology Department. J Digit Imaging 2021; 34:741-749. [PMID: 33835322 DOI: 10.1007/s10278-021-00451-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In our pediatric radiology department, radiographs (XR) are the shared responsibility of the body section and interpreted in addition to modality or site-specific assignments. Given an unequal contribution amongst radiologists to the XR workload, a software solution was developed to distribute radiographs and improve workload balance. Metrics to evaluate the intervention's effectiveness were compared before and after the intervention. Data was retrieved from the radiology analytics platform, scheduling software, and the peer learning database. Metrics were compared 12 months pre (March 2018-February 2019) and 6 months post (March 2019-August 2019) intervention on non-holiday weekdays, 7 am-5 pm. To evaluate the intervention's effectiveness, variance between radiologists' contributions to XR volume was assessed using Levene's and Fisher's tests. Changes in turnaround times (TATs) and error rates pre- and post-intervention were evaluated as secondary metrics. Following the intervention, the average number of XR interpreted on target rotations increased by 8.9% (p = 0.011) while the departmental volume of radiographs increased only 4.5%. The variance between radiologists' daily XR contribution was 21.3% (p < 0.0001) higher prior to the intervention. Days where target rotations read fewer than 5 XR decreased from 17.8 to 1.1% (p < 0.0001) after the intervention. Days in which more than 75% of all XR had a TAT less than 60 min improved from 26.8 to 39.7% (p = 0.017) after the intervention. There was no statistically significant difference in error frequency (error rate 2.49% pre and 2.72% post, p = 0.636). In conclusion, the software intervention improved XR workload contribution with decreased variability. Despite increased volumes, there was an improvement in turnaround times with no effect on error rates.
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- Marla B K Sammer
- Texas Children's Hospital, Singleton Department of Pediatric Radiology, 6107 Fannin Street, Suite 470, 77030, Houston, TX, USA. .,Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Nuance Communications Inc, Burlington, MA, USA
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- Texas Children's Hospital, Singleton Department of Pediatric Radiology, 6107 Fannin Street, Suite 470, 77030, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Why do Thoracic Radiologists Need to Know About Cultural Competence (and What Is it Anyway)? J Thorac Imaging 2020; 35:73-78. [PMID: 31913259 DOI: 10.1097/rti.0000000000000467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Thoracic radiologists meet patients when performing procedures such as transthoracic computed tomography-guided biopsy and during shared decision-making required for lung cancer screening. Both patients and thoracic radiologists are influenced by their cultures, which affect their health care interactions. While culture may relate to religion or ethnicity of individuals, it also includes multiple additional characteristics such as gender, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, education, occupation, age, disability, and more. Patients from different cultures undergo similar medical procedures; however, care must be tailored according to the cultural and linguistic needs of each patient. Cultural competence allows all patients, from the same or different culture as the thoracic radiologist, to receive care that is tailored to the patient's cultural and linguistic needs. Cultural competence includes concepts such as cultural awareness, linguistic competence, and health literacy as well as avoiding bias and stereotyping. Culturally competent care requires appropriate services for interpretation, relating to spoken language, and translation, related to written reports and documents. The implications of not providing adequate interpretation and translation services include the inability to take an accurate health history and patient inability to understand the informed consent forms. Thoracic radiologic services should have culturally competent practices in place at every step of the care, starting from the first phone call when patients are making an appointment. This will allow patients to receive care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate and lead to better satisfaction and outcomes.
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Dodelzon K, Reichman M, Askin G, Katzen J. Effect of a communication lecture tutorial on breast imaging trainees' confidence with challenging breast imaging patient interactions. Clin Imaging 2020; 65:143-146. [PMID: 32505103 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of a one-hour lecture based communication curriculum on breast imaging trainees' confidence in communicating with patients in a challenging communication setting such as delivering bad news or radiologic error disclosure. METHODS 12 breast imaging trainees from an academic fellowship program completed questionnaires before and after a communication tutorial. A four breast imaging specific scenario questionnaire assessed confidence by asking the trainees to rank agreement with statements related to their attitude in those specific settings. 12-month follow-up questionnaire was sent to the graduating fellows assessing their -overall confidence in patient communication, the contribution of the curriculum to their self-perceived communication skill and their likelihood in disclosing a radiologic error to a patient. RESULTS All trainees completed the pre and post lecture questionnaire. After the communication tutorial, all trainees reported increased confidence in communicating with patients in a variety of challenging settings with pre lecture survey mean confidence score of 38/98 and post lecture survey mean score of 85.3/98, P = 0.003. Three of eight trainees who completed the 12-month follow up questionnaire reported confidence in their communication skills and reported that the tutorial significantly contributed to their communication skill development. All three agreed that they would be likely to disclose a medical error should they encounter it in their future career. CONCLUSIONS A limited resource one-hour lecture communication tutorial provides effective communication training for breast imaging fellows and is a promising part of a breast imaging curriculum.
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- Katerina Dodelzon
- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Healthcare Policy & Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, 402 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065, United States of America.
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.
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Brown SD, Bruno MA, Shyu JY, Eisenberg R, Abujudeh H, Norbash A, Gallagher TH. Error Disclosure and Apology in Radiology: The Case for Further Dialogue. Radiology 2019; 293:30-35. [DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2019190126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Fatahi N, Krupic F, Hellström M. Difficulties and possibilities in communication between referring clinicians and radiologists: perspective of clinicians. J Multidiscip Healthc 2019; 12:555-564. [PMID: 31410014 PMCID: PMC6650448 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s207649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate modes and quality of interprofessional communication between clinicians and radiologists, and to identify difficulties and possibilities in this context, as experienced by referring clinicians. Patients and methods Focus group interviews with 22 clinicians from different specialties were carried out. The leading question was: "How do you experience communication, verbal and nonverbal, between referring clinicians and radiologists?" Content analysis was used for interpretation of data. Results Overall, referring clinicians expressed satisfaction with their interprofessional communication with radiologists, and digital access to image data was highly appreciated. However, increased reliance on digital communication has led to reduced face-to-face contacts between clinicians and radiologists. This seems to constitute a potential threat to bilateral feedback, joint educational opportunities, and interprofessional development. Cumbersome medical information software systems, time constraints, shortage of staff, reliance on teleradiology, and lack of uniform format of radiology reports were mentioned as problematic. Further implementation of structured reporting was considered beneficial. Conclusion Deepened face-to-face contacts between clinicians and radiologists were considered prerequisites for mutual understanding, deepened competence and mutual trust; a key factor in interprofessional communication. Clinicians and radiologists should come together in order to secure bilateral feedback and obtain deepened knowledge of the specific needs of subspecialized clinicians.
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- Nabi Fatahi
- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Learning and Leadership for Health Care Professionals, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Lalwani N, Shanbhogue KP, Tappouni R. Survival Guide for Foreign-Born Faculty Members. J Am Coll Radiol 2019; 16:528-530. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Revised: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nairz K, Böhm I, Barbieri S, Fiechter D, Hošek N, Heverhagen J. Enhancing patient value efficiently: Medical history interviews create patient satisfaction and contribute to an improved quality of radiologic examinations. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203807. [PMID: 30256840 PMCID: PMC6157877 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Diagnostic radiology examinations are generally very efficient processes optimized for high throughput and for serving the needs of physicians. On the downside, streamlined examinations disrupt the personal relationship between diagnosticians and patients. The radiology associations RSNA and ACR consider low visibility of radiologists a threat to the profession. Therefore, they launched counter-acting initiatives that aim at increasing patient satisfaction by providing more personal attention and care, and by raising knowledge about the discipline. However, they did not formulate concrete instructions on how to integrate care by radiologists into the examination process while inhibiting the flow minimally. From an internal patient satisfaction survey, we have seen that patients rated satisfaction with care and attention by physicians relatively low, indicating that patients would welcome a possibility to communicate with radiologists. In a controlled experimental setting, we have then changed our process to include a short medical history interview. Thereby we could corroborate that lack of educated communication is the primary cause of diminished satisfaction and could establish that the duration of the encounter is not critical to achieving improvement. Importantly, the interview also helped to improve the quality of the examination. Thus, short medical history interviews are a very efficient way to increase value by maximizing patient satisfaction and examination quality. Our approach is easy to implement in other radiology clinics that are interested in becoming more patient-centered and in raising patient satisfaction.
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- Knud Nairz
- Department of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Tso HH, Parikh JR. Leveraging Facebook to Brand Radiology. J Am Coll Radiol 2018; 15:1027-1032. [PMID: 29606634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In the current health care climate, radiologists should consider developing their brand. Facebook is the market leader for social media networking in the United States. The authors describe how radiologists can leverage Facebook to develop and market organizational, group, and individual brands. The authors then address concerns related to the use of social media by radiologists.
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- Hilda H Tso
- Department of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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Overcoming Health Disparities in the United States: The Value Imperative for Healthier Populations. J Am Coll Radiol 2018; 15:479-482. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2017.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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An evaluation of patient experience during percutaneous breast biopsy. Eur Radiol 2017; 27:4804-4811. [PMID: 28534164 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-017-4872-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Percutaneous breast biopsy in a tertiary referral high volume breast centre: can we improve the patient experience? PURPOSE The study was performed to evaluate patient experience during ultrasound-guided (UGB) and vacuum-assisted stereotactic breast biopsy (SBB) and determine what factors could improve the patient experience. METHODS Consecutive patients who underwent image guided breast biopsy from 01- 05/30, 2015 were approached in a structured telephone interview to evaluate pain and bruising from the procedure. Three hundred and fifty-one patients were interviewed (116 SBB and 235 UGB). Information about the radiologist performing the biopsy, biopsy type, needle gauge, and number of cores was collected from the biopsy reports. Correlation was done using Spearman rank test. RESULTS Average patient scores of pain with UGB and SBB were 2.3 and 3.1 (out of 10). There was a significant correlation between pain during SBB and physician experience (p = 0.013), and no correlation with pain during UGB (p > 0.05). No correlation was found between needle gauge and pain experienced during breast biopsy or between numbers of cores and pain (p > 0.05). Body position during SBB was mentioned to cause discomfort and pain in 28% of patients while during UGB was mentioned by 0.4% of patients. CONCLUSION SBB was inferior to UGB for patient experience, but years of radiologists' experience correlated with improved patient scores of pain for SBB. KEY POINTS • To achieve high quality, an institution must emphasise patient-centred care. • Increased radiologist training with stereotactic biopsy may contribute to improved patient experience. • Stereotactic breast biopsy was inferior to ultrasound biopsy for patient experience. • Radiologists' experience correlated with improved patient scores of pain for stereotactic biopsy.
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Meyer EC, Lamiani G, Luff D, Brown SD. Voices emerging from the shadows: Radiologic practitioners' experiences of challenging conversations. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2017; 100:133-138. [PMID: 27639514 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Traditionally, radiologists have practiced their profession behind the scenes. Today, radiologic practitioners face mounting expectations to communicate more directly with patients. However, their experiences with patient communication are not well understood. The aim of this study was to describe the challenges of radiologic practitioners when communicating with patients. METHODS Twelve day-long interprofessional communication skills workshops for radiologic clinicians were held at Boston Children's Hospital. Prior to each workshop, participants were asked to write narratives describing experiences with difficult radiologic conversations that they found particularly challenging or satisfying. The narratives were transcribed and analyzed through thematic content analysis by two researchers. RESULTS Radiologists, radiology trainees, technologists, nurses, and medical interpreters completed 92 narratives. The most challenging aspects of healthcare conversations included: Conveying Serious News (n=44/92; 48%); Expanded Scope of Radiologic Practice (n=37/92; 40%); Inexperience and Gaps in Education (n=15/92; 16%); Clinical Uncertainty (n=14/92; 15%); and Interprofessional Teamwork (n=9/92; 10%). CONCLUSION Radiologic clinicians face substantial communicative challenges focused on conveying serious, unexpected and uncertain diagnoses amid practical challenges and limited educational opportunities. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Innovative educational curricula that address these challenges may enhance radiologic practitioners' success in adopting patient-centered communication.
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- Elaine C Meyer
- Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, San Paolo University Hospital, Via Di Rudinì 8, Milan, Italy.
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, USA.
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Mellado J. Autonomy, consent and responsibility. Part II. Informed consent in medical care and in the law. RADIOLOGIA 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rxeng.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mellado JM. Autonomy, consent and responsibility. Part II. Informed consent in medical care and in the law. RADIOLOGIA 2016; 58:427-434. [PMID: 27554038 DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Legal recognition of patient's rights aspired to change clinical relationship and medical lex artis. However, its implementation has been hampered by the scarcity of resources and the abundance of regulations. For several years, autonomy, consent, and responsibility have formed one of the backbones of the medical profession. However, they have sparked controversy and professional discomfort. In the first part of this article, we examine the conceptual and regulatory limitations of the principle of autonomy as the basis of informed consent. We approach the subject from philosophical, historical, legal, bioethical, deontological, and professional standpoints. In the second part, we cover the viability of informed consent in health care and its relationship with legal responsibility.
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- J M Mellado
- Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España.
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