foreword Back to the future
My term as President of the Society and College of Radiographers has enabled me to look backwards and forwards on the development of our profession. In August 2010 we celebrated 90 years since the founding of the Society of Radiographers. It is not until you look back to where and when we started do you realise how far we have come in such a short time.
Now in 2011 we are celebrating the Year of Radiotherapy, which is an initiative to raise public awareness of the value of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer. This is a project where a multi-professional group including the Society of Radiographers, the Royal College of Radiologists, Cancer Care UK, the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, the National Health Service, and representatives from all of the four countries within the United Kingdom have worked together towards a common goal.
An excellent example of what can be achieved when everyone works together for the good of our patients.
Both events encouraged me to refl ect on the advances of both the technology and the professional practice which enables radiographers both diagnostic and therapeutic to contribute greatly to increased patient care and service delivery. In addition, both celebrations have been set against challenging times, economically and politically – but never forget challenges present great opportunities.
In the delivery of a quality, patient centred service, no profession can work in isolation; there is so much to be learned from each other. Working in multi-professional teams is the way ahead: each valuing the others’ contribution to the overall package of care.
We have chosen dynamic careers in imaging...ever changing and moving forward. This annual publication, Imaging and Oncology 2011,
now in its seventh year, always challenges our thoughts and perceptions, and this year is no exception.
I congratulate the editor for gathering together such an interesting and varied selection of papers covering education and professional practice, future trends, and challenges from both a UK and international perspective. And all this not only for diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers, but also for our fellow colleagues in the imaging and oncology professions.
So take time, sit down and savour this cornucopia of papers, all written for you by leaders in their respective fi elds. Please read the articles which are on topics which are new to you: there is nothing like new knowledge to challenge your established ways of thinking.
What ever your experience, I hope the papers provide food for thought, and inspire you for the future.
5 2011
IMAGING & ONCOLOGY
Sandie Mathers President The Society and College of Radiographers
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