Medical imaging profession Flashcards
Define profession
A field of study and the application of specialized knowledge to benefit others.
Why train for medical imaging profession.
- To learn special skills on how to operate various imaging modalities.
- To expand our experience and knowledge of life and to modify our mindset to understand people.
- To exercise tolerance towards others whose views on something are different from others.
for a department to be a profession is supposed to;
- Govern itself
- set standards of profession behaviours
- Set standards of education and qualification to practice.
what’s the role of profession practice standards for radiographers.
- Ensure that radiographers are educationally prepared and clinically competent as a prerequisite to professional practice.
list 3 Professional responsibility
- clinical responsibility
- Ethical responsibility.
- Legal responsibility
Clinical responsibility
- The radiographer should understand the patient, physiologically, psychologically, and emotionally so as to provide a quality treatment
- Depending on the condition of the patient, the radiographer should employ a procedure and a technique to be used to produce image of diagnostic quality.
Ethical responsibility
- Concerned with moral obligation to both patients and oneself.
- encompasses on the fact that says” treat someone the way you want to be treated” it can be, respecting their rights,
treating them with dignity and respect
Legal responsibilities
Encompasses around the fact that medical professionals should abide by the regulatory laws that were set and to act as the law dictates.
* Recording all information, respecting patients autonomous choices.
Professional attitudes and qualities
- The will to learn and update knowledge.
- To practice what they’ve learned during training.
- to show good manners to patients, colleagues and other people.
- Truthfulness and complete honesty.
- Careful, Considerate, sympathetic, and sensitive
Radiography practice standards
*These standards encompass various facets of practice, such as assessment, education, performance, ethics, and quality within the radiology profession..
Sections of Radiography practice standards
- The scope of practice
- clinical, quality and profession performance standards.
Clinical performance standards
Statements that define activities of a radiographer in areas of patient care, client education and work plans to enhance standards.
Quality Performance standards
Statements that defines the activities of a radiographer in technical areas of performance such
as:
* Equipment and material assessment
* Safety standards
* Total quality management
Professional performance standard
Statements that define activities of a practitioner in the areas of education, interpersonal relationships, personal and professional self assessment and ethical behavior.
Advisory opinion statement
- One should work within the boundary of their profession
- Not to practice what we were not taught.
