Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the curriculum of diagnostic radiology technology for a bachelor degree considering the perspectives of graduates in Sudan. Exploring the graduate’s perspective would help to know about rapid development required in the field of diagnostic radiography technology in this era, along with important suggestions for the curriculum development. The quantitative study designed is employed, and a survey of 139 Diagnostic Radiologic Technologists (DRTs) having up to date curriculum, was performed. The collected data have been evaluated using SPSS version 23.0. Descriptive and inferential statistics were computed for the collected data. The results of this investigation showed that more than half of the participants i.e., 54.7% said that curriculum which they had studied in BSc of radiography keeps pace with rapid development in the field. 26.6% of the respondents suggested that curriculum needs some review to increase training hours in modern imaging modalities such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT) and Ultrasound (U/S). The study concludes that increasing the training time and integration of students when planning curriculum can improve students’ competence in relation to diagnostic radiography technology. The integration of the curriculum review practices increases service quality to ensure safe practice.
Highlights
IntroductionThe growing role of radiographer for the interpretation of the images and its reporting is essential for the deliverance and expansion of the effectual clinical images in several countries, especially the developing one
The results of this investigation showed that more than half of the participants i.e., 54.7% said that curriculum which they had studied in BSc of radiography keeps pace with rapid development in the field. 26.6% of the respondents suggested that curriculum needs some review to increase training hours in modern imaging modalities such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT) and Ultrasound (U/S)
The results of the study emphasized the integration of the curriculum review practices; whereas, improving training hours for training to increase service quality and to ensure safe practice
Summary
The growing role of radiographer for the interpretation of the images and its reporting is essential for the deliverance and expansion of the effectual clinical images in several countries, especially the developing one. Salih (2014) reports that the trends towards the development and extension of the radiographer are expanding in various countries such as Australia, United Kingdom (UK), USA and more. The reporting by the radiographer was recognized initially by the UK, which is in accordance with the statement forwarded by the British of Radiologists Council, which elucidated the role of radiographer for the radiographic image reporting (Snaith et al, 2015; Bornstein et al, 2014)
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