Enter the Philips / ISRRT DoseWise Radiographer of the Year contest today!
Share your dose management experiences and insights with your peers. Submit your most compelling case as an example of best practices. All entries will be judged by a panel of experts from ISRRT. The winning radiographer will be presented the prestigious ISRRT ‘DoseWise Radiographer of the Year’ award and sponsored to attend and share their case at RSNA2016.
You hold the knowledge… share it
Radiation dose management is fast becoming a top patient/staff safety issue for hospitals, and you are on the frontline. You calculate the risks and administer radiation to the patient. It is your expertise that helps establish to help improve dose management.
To recognize the ongoing eff orts of radiographers like you and to promote radiation dose management awareness around the world, Philips and ISRRT host the annual “DoseWise Radiographer of the Year”. This contest off ers an opportunity for radiographers to present their best practices and to share critical knowledge.
By sharing knowledge amongst your peers everyone benefi ts – you, your patients, your sta ff, your institution and everybody working in the field of radiology.
DoseWise is a Philips radiology philosophy consisting of educational tools, protocols, software, and hardware and is part of our ALARA thinking.
Eligibility
You must be a practicing radiographer, and a member of an ISRRT Member Country or an Associate Member of the ISRRT.
Entry Period
July through October 21, 2016. The winner can be selected from any ISRRT member country.
Contest specifics
Winner: ISRRT DoseWise Radiographer of the Year - 2015
Anthony Tessier, winner of DRoTY 2015, is currently Diagnostic Radiographer at H.I.A Sainte-Anne Service d’Imagerie Medicale Pr. Arteaga in Toulon, France.
His response demonstrated very promising improvement, on a systemic level, regarding reduction of eye lens X-ray dose in head CT procedures using hyperflexion patient positioning. Eye lens exposure is one of the greatest concerns for both patients and clinicians as the eye lens is very sensitive to radiation. Although the benefi t of the procedure outweighs the risk, it is incumbent upon the radiographer to use the least amount of dose necessary for a good diagnostic image.
