Journal clubs in radiography

Improving the research culture in radiography – can journal clubs provide the catalyst?

Published on March 1, 2022

Radiography belongs to the allied health professions (AHPs) group, which makes up about 40% of health and social care workers in the UK1. AHPs represent approximately 500,000 of the 1.2 million healthcare workforce, according to recent NHS staffing statistics, and radiographers constitute approximately 4% of this group1. There is a great potential for the radiography profession (both diagnostic and therapeutic) to drive service development for both the patients and the organisation through engagement in research and evidence-based practice (EBP)2.

Unfortunately, the realisation of this potential appears to have eluded the profession in the UK3, despite imaging diagnostic services being an essential step in most patient pathways4. This is especially concerning as radiography has been considered to be largely a consumer of research, with most of the evidence influencing its practice considered to have emanated from...

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