OPTIMAX 2018 - a focus on education in radiology

Abstract

This year, OPTIMAX was warmly welcomed by
University College Dublin. For the sixth time
students and teachers from Europe, South Africa,
South America and Canada have come together
enthusiastically to do research in the Radiography
domain. As in previous years, there were several
research groups consisting of PhD-, MSc- and BSc
students and tutors from the OPTIMAX partner
Universities or on invitation by partner Universities.
OPTIMAX 2018 was partly funded by the partner
Universities and partly by the participants.


This year, five research projects were performed with
a focus on education on dose- and image quality
optimization.


The research projects were:
CT Simulation as an Active learning tool
Redesigning a Radiography Practical Active
Learning Space
Does Radiographer Training Across Europe Alter
Image Viewing Patterns and Decisions?
An Investigation into the Use of Lead Shielding
Protection in Abdominal Radiography
Inter-user Variability in DXA Scanning and
Analysis


The summer school was concluded with a poster
session and a conference, where the research
teams presented their results. All five abstracts were
submitted to the European congress of Radiology
(ECR) and, when accepted, will be presented by the
students as posters, or oral presentations.


This book comprises of two sections, the first section
contains several chapters about new educational
applications for Radiology Education. The second
section contains the research papers of the five
research projects.


Steering committee OPTIMAX 2018


Hogg P, School of Health Sciences, University of
Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Buissink C, Department of Medical Imaging and
Radiation Therapy, Hanze University of Applied
Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands
Aandahl I, Department of Life Sciences and
Health, Oslomet, Oslo, Norway
Jorge J, Haute École de Santé Vaud – Filiè TRM,
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of
Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland
O’Conner M, University College Dublin, Dublin,
Ireland

Citation

(2019). A. van der Heij-Meijer, C. Buissink, & P. Hogg (Eds.), OPTIMAX 2018 - a focus on education in radiology. Greater Manchester, UK: University of Salford

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Online Publication Date: Feb 14, 2019
• Publication Date: Feb 14, 2019
• Deposit Date: Feb 14, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9781912337149