Second year radiography students at the Department for medical imaging and radiotherapy in Ljubljana, Slovenia and reject analysis

Starc, Tina (author)

Introduction: The aim of this project was to recognize the reasons for rejects made by the second year radiography students at the Skeleton Diagnostic. Reject rate tells us whether the department works against the recommended standards, if the equipment is properly maintained, if routine tests of equipment are regularly performed and we can evaluate the effect of personnel education. Methods: The data were collected by an observation list prepared in advance with most common causes for rejects as suggested from literature and divided it according to the hours (8 am – 12 am). Five groups of students participated in the research, which was nearly half of them (n= 15), i.e. quota sampling. Results and discussion: 506 radiographs were made by students, in total of which 156 were rejected – 30.8 %. After corrections of students' mistakes the reject rate was 4.15%. The most common reasons for students' reject were forgotten anatomical markers and wrong cassette identification. Incorrect exposure factors and patient movement were major reasons for real reject. Conclusions: Radiographers at clinical practice and the radiographers teaching in the skills lab got useful information as to where we should be particularly careful when preparing the students for clinical practice.

• Language: English
• Keywords: radiography, radiology, tertiary education
• Typology: 1.04 - Professional Article
• Organization: ZF - Faculty of Health Sciences
• Year: 2008
• Number of pages: Str. 19-23
• Numbering: Letn. 25, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-114448
• UDC: 615.82/.84
• ISSN on article: 1855-5136
• URN: URN:NBN:SI:DOC-OJXYB7VU
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3508331
• Publication date in RUL: 28.02.2020

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bilten
• Publisher: Društvo radioloških inženirjev Slovenije, Zbornica radioloških inženirjev Slovenije
• ISSN: 1855-5136
• COBISS.SI-ID: 241400320

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: radiografija, radiologija, visokošolski študij