safety in Radiography
How to Develop a DB Posting

provide an overview of the issue and reference your evidence. You will, within the word limit, need to:
? briefly introduce your point,
? discuss supporting research, and
? clarify the main issues that you are seeking to make.
You will need to provide the reference as an attachment or hyper-links so that your group could read your supporting documents. The group file exchange can be used for this.
You need to ensure that you are not repeating or restating what may already have been said by another group member. You can provide a different view of an already introduced idea, but ideally you bring new ideas to the initial submission discussion.
In addition to research evidence, you may also draw from a significant professional Diagnostic Radiography experience. However, when doing this you need to ensure that the interpretation of your experience is not entirely anecdotal and that your experience does have validity either through multiple experiences of the same situation or through support from the literature.
For each of the topics all students will need to make an initial submission that either introduces a new discussion point on the topic or a different view on an aspect of the topic already submitted. This initial submission will need to be between 150-250 words.
The following is a good example of an introductory submission. The topic is skin care during RT:
?The lack of an evidence based approach in addressing both the physiological and psychological aspects of skin care has also been documented by researchers overseas.

Lavery (1995) conducted a postal survey of skin care during radiation therapy throughout U.K. centres. The survey showed a considerable variation throughout the centres. The author noted that there was no scientific evidence for many of the skin care regimes in practice and suggests a more rational approach to the care of irradiated skin. The survey found questionable use of common topical applications for the management of dry and moist desquamation. Skin care during radiation therapy was shown to be an area where most of the current practices are influenced by tradition and little data is available.

Munro & Biruls et al. (1989) interviewed 80 consecutive patients at a radiation therapy department to evaluate the distress associated with attendance. In an initial interview conducted within 24 hours of their first treatment the most common problem was concern about the effects of the disease and its effect upon the patient’s family. In a second interview undertaken on the last day of treatment the most dominant complaint was not being able to wash. Psychological problems, including anxiety and sleep disturbances, caused more overall distress than the actual physical symptoms.