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Perception of professionalism in clinical practice among clinical year radiography students in a tertiary institution in Ghana
Institution:1. Dept. of Radiography, University of Ghana, Box KB143 Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana;2. Dept. of Midwifery and Radiography, School of Psychology and Health Sciences, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United States;3. Div. of Public Health and Health Promotions, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United States;1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;3. MacroStat Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada;1. School of Allied Health Professions and Midwifery, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, United Kingdom;2. Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, United Kingdom;3. The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG;1. Eswatini Government, Ministry of Health, Manzini Government Hospital, Manzini, Eswatini;2. Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa;1. Jones Radiology, South Australia, 5063, Australia;2. SA Radiation, South Australia, 5067, Australia;3. Sportsmed Hospital, South Australia, 5069, Australia;4. University of South Australia, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences, South Australia, 5000, Australia;5. University of South Australia, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance, South Australia, 5000, Australia
Abstract:IntroductionProfessionalism describes the positive attitudes, conduct, aims, values, skills, and behaviours that characterize a profession or a group of professionals. The steady professional growth of radiographers, which begins during undergraduate training, continues to be significantly influenced by education. As professional traits are ingrained in radiography students through official clinical instruction and observations, research on professionalism is necessary to monitor the perception of the subject matter. However, no study on Ghanaian radiography students on professionalism has been conducted. The goal of this study was to determine how clinical radiography students at a higher education facility in Ghana viewed the professionalism of radiography practice.MethodsSixty-four consenting Level 300 (3rd year) and Level 400 (4th year) students in the University of Ghana School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences' BSc Diagnostic Radiography and BSc Therapy programmes completed the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine Professionalism Questionnaire (PSCOM-PQ) which was used to determine the impacts and challenges to professionalism. Version 23.0 of the Statistical Package for Social Science program (SPSS 23.0) was used to analyze the collected data.ResultsA good sense of professionalism in clinical practice was held by the majority of clinical radiography students. More than 56% of them observed professional practice among the majority of radiographers, contrary to 40.6% of them who witnessed it among only a few radiographers. The students observed both positive and negative effects on the professionalism of radiography practice. As a result, 77.9% of the students said that it was difficult to exhibit professionalism in radiography during their clinical training.ConclusionThe students agreed that professionalism impacted positively and negatively on radiography practice, and consequently identified to need to address the mitigating challenges to improve the level of professionalism. By this, most of the clinical year students had a better understanding of perceptions of the professionalism of radiography practice.Implication for practiceAccording to the study's findings, clinical students' radiography practice is affected either positively or negatively by their conceptions of professionalism and their adherence to them during the entire training period.
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