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Performance of reporting radiographers in a structured clinical examination demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity when interpreting chest x-rays
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This study contributes to the knowledge base underpinning chest x-ray interpretation by qualified reporting radiographers. Radiographer reporting plays an important role in meeting rising radiology activity and patient focused care.
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It is vital that any radiographers who extends their scope of practice performs at a level comparable to a consultant radiologist. This study reports that an accredited reporting radiographer interprets adult chest x-rays with high precision and agreement comparable to consultant radiologists in clinical practice.
Nick Woznitza
Homerton University Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Adult chest radiograph reporting by radiographers: Preliminary data from an in-house audit programme, Radiography, August 2014, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2014.03.002.
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