Hospital Practice 2

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Hospital Practice 2

• 2 . Specialties in a (Teaching) Hospital
• 3 . Hospital Workforce Administration
• 4. Responsibilities of the Radiographers

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Types of Specialties

• General medicine
• Surgery
• Cardiology/Cardio-thoracic Surgery
• Neurology/Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics
• Gyneacalogy
• Opthalmology
• ENT
• Paediatrics
• Radiology
• Pathology
• Histology

• Endocrinology
• Orthopaedics
• Dentistry
• Psychology/Psychiatry
• Gastro-enterology
• Urology/Genito-Urinary Surgery
• Haematology
• Dermatology
• Oncology
• Radiotherapy

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National Hospital Workforce
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Categories of Medical Staff

• Physician
• Surgeon
• Anaesthetist
• Radiologist
• Pathologist
• Paediatrist
• Rheumatologist
• Ophthalmologist
• Psychiatrist
• Dermatologist
• Endocrinologist

• Gynaecologist
• Obstetrician
• Neurologist
• Gastroenterologist
• Urologist
• Pathologist
• ENT specialist
• Radiotherapist
• Oncologist

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Categories of Paramedical Staff

• Radiographers (Diagnostic/Therapeutic)
  Radiological Technologists
• Physiotherapist
• Occupational Therapist
• Medical Laboratory Technologists
• Pharmacists

• Ophthalmic technicians
• Electro Encephalographic Technicians (EEG)
• Electro Cardiographic Technicians
  Cardiographers (ECG)
• Dental Technicians
• Dispensers
• Midwives

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Administrative Staff
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Clerical Staff (Health Management Assistants)
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Supporting (Minor Staff)
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Medical Staff
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Nursing Staff
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Para Medical Staff (e.g Radiographers)
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Divisions in Radiology/Medical Diagnostic Imaging

• General Radiography
• Plane radiography
• Tomography
• Fluoroscopy
• Conventional
• Digital
• Contrast Radiography
• CT scanning
• MRI

• Nuclear Imaging/Medicine
• Ultrasound Scanning
• Computerized Radiography
• Digital Radiography
• Interventional Radiology

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Radiotherapy Techniques Instrumentation

• Brachytherapy
• Radioisotopes
• Radiopharmaceuticals
• Teletherapy
• Cobolt Therapy
• Megavoltage X-ray therapy
• Linear Accelerators
• CT Simulation
• Moulding /Masking
• PETCT

• Chemotherapy - Non Radiation Technique

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Responsibilities of Radiographers/RTs

• To be an effective member of the Team of
  Health-care Professionals who work in consort to
  maximize patient wellness
• Responsibilities towards the Department/Institutio
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• Responsibilities towards the patient

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Responsibility As a member of the Health care team

• The Radiographer is governed by a Code of Ethics
  and Principles of Professional Conduct
• (Note - To be discuss in detail later)

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Responsibilities towards the Department/Institutio
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• As a government servant, to work according to the
  rules and guidelines as given in the
  Establishment Code and the Financial Regulations.
• If in a private hospital to follow their rules
  and regulations
• To carryout the duties as laid down in the Duty
  List of Radiographers

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Responsibilities towards the patient

• To protect the patients rights
• To provide appropriate patient care when he/she
  is in the imaging/treatment department or
  undergoing a diagnostic/therapeutic procedure.
• To provide adequate patient protection from
  unnecessary radiation or any other sort of hazard
  when he/she is in RTs care.

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En of Lesson 2