Awareness and attitudes amongst basic surgical trainees regarding radiation in orthopaedic trauma surgery
- Author:
FR Khan
;
Z Ul-Abadin
;
S Rauf
;
A Javed
- Publication Type:Editorial
- Keywords:
radiation protection, surgical trainees, training
- From:Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal
2010;6(3):1-4
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
This study investigated the awareness and attitudes of basic surgical trainees. Trainees were asked to answer
questions from a pre-set questionnaire. Fifty basic surgical trainees from England and Wales were involved in the study. The areas covered were basic knowledge of radiation hazards, use of protective wear, pregnancy test in female trauma victims of reproductive age, and principles of safe radiation. All the questions were asked in the context of orthopaedic trauma surgery. All questions were evidence based. It was unfortunate to notice that basic surgical trainees are lacking in the essential knowledge of ionising radiation.
Most of the trainees are not adhering to radiation safety principle, and are not practising safely. The authors strongly recommend that surgical trainees should have more robust training and information available in this context. And they suggest that it should be provided on local, regional and national basis.
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