SYNERGY
NO. 1, JANUARY 1999
CONTENTS
AT WORK 4
Gemma Cox takes a look at the perils and pitfalls of
becoming an independent practitioner.
COMPUTER TALK 6
What is really going to happen when the millennium
bug hits? Steven Patefield picks through the pieces.
INTERNATIONAL REPORT 9
If you had the chance, where would you go? New
graduates Sarah Hammond and Martin Thomas
describe their experiences in New York and Hong
Kong.
RADIOTHERAPY REVIEW 12
Amanda Gee and Sadie Dunne discuss the use of
MRI in radiotherapy planning.
HEALTH & SAFETY 16
Why are safety reps so important? Eleanor Ransom
explains and reps give their side of the story.
SONOGRAPHERS SRENE 18
Judy Fisher reports on a recent meeting of the
SEuS.
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SYNERGY
NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1999
OPINION 4
Dr Dave Nag, Consultant Radiologist at
Barnsley District Hospital NHS Trust outlines
how radiologists can support radiographers
in their CPD.
TECHNICAL 6
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a medical
condition that is little known but vitally important.
Gurleen Sharland and Sherrida Rollings from
Guy's Hospital, London, detail how sonographers
can help in its diagnosis.
BONE DENSITOMETRY 11
Geoff Glover, Postgraduate Co-ordinator
at the University of Derby reviews current
levels of service provision for osteoporosis.
FIELD TRIALS 16
Sterling's Direct Ray: what is it and how
does it work? The Royal Victoria Infirmary in
Newcastle was selected as one of the first
European evaluation sites. A year on, Senior
Radbgrapher Philip Coils and Radiology
Manager Sue Barrow describe their
experiences of the technology.
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SYNERGY
NO. 3, MARCH 1999
AT WORK 4
Gemma Cox looks at the whole issue of uniforms:
what you like and what you don't, and what you think
should be changed
MAMMOGRAPHY 6
The fundamentals of mammographic interpretation.
Sarah Naylor, from the Nottingham National Breast
Screening Training Centre, reports
EVALUATION 10
Carol Osman, University Hospital of Wales,
evaluates the attitudes and awareness of medical
radiation demonstrated by healthcare professionals
HEALTH & SAFETY 14
Occupational asthma and how it affects you: from a
survey carried out by The Society of Radiographers
COMPUTER TALK 16
Steven Patefield leads you around the internet and
suggests you get yourself a ferret!
TECHNOLOGY 18
Telemedicine links hospital in Bosnia with another
in the UK, providing vital expertise and preventing
unnecessary evacuations. Dennis Barnes, from the
Armed Forces, reports
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SYNERGY
NO. 4 , APRIL 1999
CONTENTS
PROFILE 4
Rachel Hewitt meets Kathlyn Slack,
the new SoR Officer seconded to the
Department of Health.
ORTHOPAEDICS 6
Janice Marshall and Elaine Scotter discuss
the merits of the Stryker projection in imaging
humeral defects,
TECHNICAL 8
A new hope in radiotherapy. Stuart Green
and Simon Walker share their research on BNCT
PULMONARY EMBOLISM 12
How to image pulmonary embolism.
Dr SEJ^Connor, Dr P Guest and Cedric Eustance
present the cases for CT and nuclear medicine,
HEALTH AND SAFETY 18
SoR Officer Eleanor Ransom reports on
work equipment design.
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SYNERGY
NO. 5 , 1999
CONTENTS
INFORMATION 4
Patient education, Dr Robert Thomas
reviews the work of The Information for Patients
Research Group.
RADIOTHERAPY 10
Vicki Walker reports on a national randomised
trial of high dose therapy in localised cancer
of the prostate using conformal radiotherapy
techniques.
CASE STUDY 12
Diagnostic imaging from the patient's point
of view, lan Henderson offers the first in a new
series of case studies.
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT 16
Stephanie McWilliam shares her experience of
PFI at Plymouth Oncology Centre.
IN-PRACTICE 19
Stephen Giardina presents his solution to
communication difficulties during a chest X-ray.
ULTRASOUND 20
Ka^en Middlehurst, Clinical Applications
Manager for Acuson UK, gives an industry
insight into ultrasound.
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SYNERGY NO. 6 , 1999
CONTENTS SKILLS-MIX 4 Skills-mix and the future for radiographers: GSCE Stephen Evans outlines current thinking
PINION 6 David OBrien argues his case for establishing a National Testicular Screening and Cancer Awareness programme IFORMATION
8 Mary Embleton, Professional Officer at The SoR reports on the Review of Prescribing Supply & Administration of Medicines: Final Report. March 1999 ONE DENSITOMETRY
10 Geoff Glover examines this bony disease UCLEAR MEDICINE 14 Peter Hogg reviews the new edition of Notes for Guidance on the Clinical Administration of Radiopharmaceuticafs and the Use
of Sealed Radioactfve Sources EALTri AND SAFETY 16 A taboo subject for so long, Synergy looks at bullying at work
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SYNERGY NO. 7 , 1999
CONTENTS
OPINION 4 Frederick Murphy assesses how hi-tech equipment affects patient care
RADIOGRAPHY INTO THE MILLENNIUM 6 In the first of new series, Audrey Paterson looks at role development
TECHNIQUE 10 Ken Martin describes an alternative PA in wrist trauma
MAMMOGRAPHY 14 Linda Lee assesses current alternatives to mammography
DISCUSSION 16 Audrey Paterson discusses the Joint Document of The CoR and RCR, fnter-professional Holes and Responsibilities in a Radiology Service
COMPUTER TALK 18 Steven Patefield outlines the current position on networked data services within the healthcare scene
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SYNERGY
NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 1999
RADIOGRAPHY INTO THE 4
MILLENNIUM
Kirn Fell assesses the future of radiotherapy
RADIOTHERAPY 7
A Deighton, EA Winfield, K Venables, EGA Aird and
PJ Hoskin describe the START trial
ULTRASOUND 8
Gail Ashington debates the sticky issue of
fetal sex determination
TECHNIQUE 12
Fenella Harbridge presents the case for
reducing the number of proiections on a
scaphoid examination
INFORMATION 15
Peter Hogg unpacks the implications of
Information for Health
WORKING ABROAD 17
Gemma Cox takes a practical look at working
abroad, while Lisa Brown gives her second
report from her VSO placement in Tanzania
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