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Sandwiched in between: radiographers as instructors

Mead, David ( 1993)

This qualitative study is concerned to hear the voices of radiographers who act as instructors in the professional practice development of students and qualified colleagues in the medical radiation sciences. Ten medical imaging technologists from a number of major public hospitals were interviewed. The radiographers’ voices are presented speaking to their experience of the work of the radiographer as practice, the work of the radiographer as instruction, their relationship to the teaching institution and their involvement in the qualifying year of professional practice known as the intern year. The study considers some theoretical and methodological issues that attend on the hearing of the voices of the radiographers who act in this instructional role. An eclectic theoretical position is presented and allied to a methodological strategy that acknowledges the dangers of speaking for the respondents, ethical considerations in the collection of the data, and the issue of interpretation of texts. A number of themes emerging from the texts that represent the voices of the radiographers are discussed including radiography and gender, radiography and instruction and radiography and professionalism. Some suggestions for further research are made.