Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the perception of radiography lecturers and radiography students towards the proposed Doctor of Radiography curriculum. Methodology:This study was carried out in all universities of Nigeria offering radiography as a course of study. The study population comprised of 62 radiography lecturers and 40 radiography students. A standard, self-structured questionnaire was used in the collection of data. The questionnaire comprised three sections. Section A obtained information on the demographic data of the lecturers and the students. Section B elicited information on perceived knowledge of graduates of the D-RAD curriculum while section C captured information on perceived quality of radiographers that will be produced by the D-RAD curriculum.Results: A total of 62 lecturers comprising 51 males (82.3%) and 11 females (17.7%) and 40 students comprising 26 females (65%) and 14 females (35%) participated in the study. For the production of very knowledgeable radiographers, the lecturers and the students had means of 3.09 and 3.19 respectively. The lecturers and the students had means of 3.25 and 3.47 for the production of high quality radiographers. The means gotten were greater than the cut-off score that is 2.50 which was the mean derived from a 4-point Likert scale of Strongly Disagree-1 to Strongly Agree-4. Conclusion:The proposed D-RAD curriculum will cover more content than the basic Bachelor's curriculum and ensure for the production of high quality and knowledgeable radiographers hence it is a welcome development for radiography lecturers and students.

Background Radiography as a profession has undergone significant changes in recent times with the introduction of new imaging modalities, increase in the ranges of radiological investigations, and a diversification in the role of radiographers. As a result of these, there is a need to step up the radiography program to meet up with these changes. This study aims at ascertaining the perception of radiography lecturers in Nigeria towards the proposed doctor of radiography program. A cross-sectional study of radiography lecturers in Nigeria was conducted from February to July 2020. Subjects were recruited through a convenient sampling technique. Validated questionnaires were sent online to all the lecturers. The questionnaire contained 32 questions divided into 3 sections. Section A captured the demographic data of the lecturers. Section B captured information on the ability of the doctor of radiography program to produce graduates with a broad orientation in all specialties of radiography. Section C elicited information on the ability of the doctor of radiography program to produce high-quality radiographers. Results A total of 62 lecturers comprising 51 males (82.3%) and 11 females (17.7%) participated in the study. The grand mean of all the items in sections B and C were 3.03 and 3.25 respectively which show that the respondents are confident that the proposed program will produce high-quality and versatile radiographers. Conclusion The lecturers showed a positive perception towards the doctor of radiography program. Hence, they strongly believe that the proposed program will produce more versatile radiographers than the bachelor’s program.

Introduction: The lack of healthcare professionals and their retention in rural areas has become a serious concern to the health sector globally. Retaining health staff in rural areas has proven difficult as young professionals prefer urban postings. This study aimed to assess radiographers perception and willingness to work in rural areas of Rivers State. Method: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted among radiographers in Rivers State. The participants socio-demographic variables and their responses to willingness and perception to work in rural areas were obtained and analyzed. Results: Only few 30% (n=12) of the respondents were willing to work in the rural areas of Rivers state. However, the majority of 95 %(n=38) of the respondents perceived extra payment as an incentive for them to be willing to work in the rural areas of this study location. Most 88 %(n=35) of the respondents perceived unfavorable working conditions in rural areas as a barrier to their willingness. A large proportion of 55 %( n=22) of the respondents stated that their marital status was a barrier to working in rural areas. More than half (85%, n=34) of the respondents perceived poor accommodation as a barrier to working in rural areas. The majority 88% (n=35) of the respondents stated that militant activities was a barrier to their willingness to work in the rural areas of Rivers State. There were statistically significant relationships between the evaluated respondents socio-demographic variables gender (χ2 = 48.000, p = 0.000), years of working experience (χ2 = 47.500, p = 0.000), marital status (χ2 = 84.966, p = 0.000) and age (χ2 = 76.758, p = 0.021) and their willingness to work in the rural areas of Rivers State. Conclusion: The key findings suggest that the majority of the Radiographers were not willing to work in the rural areas of Rivers State. The reasons adduced for their strong disinclination were based on their perception of unfavorable working conditions in the rural areas. Nonetheless, they were of the opinion that financial inducement could influence their willingness to work in rural areas.

Accurate determination of bladder wall thickness (BWT), detrusor wall thickness (DWT), and bladder weight (BW) can be used as a clinical tool to exclude bladder and detrusor pathologies in a healthy adult population. Studies conducted in the past established that bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) is accompanied by compensatory increases in BWT, DWT, and BW. 1-3 The urinary bladder is roughly spherical in shape, although its shape and size vary among individuals, and it depends greatly on the volume of urine that it contains. The normal adult bladder can accommodate 300 to 600 mL of urine. 4 Many tiny wrinkles known as rugae line the inner surface of the bladder and allow it to stretch as it fills with urine. As urine accumulates, the rugae flatten and the wall of the bladder thins as it stretches, allowing the bladder to store larger amounts of urine without a significant rise in internal pressure. 5 The bladder wall consists of three layers: the outer adventitia, the middle detrusor, and the inner mucosa. Sonography is routinely used in the determination of BWT, DWT, and BW because it is noninvasive, simple, fast, and widely accepted. 6 With sonography, the detrusor is hypoechogenic while the adventitia and mucosa layers are hyperechogenic. 7 Bladder wall thickness is affected by the volume of urine the bladder contains and by disease conditions. As the volume of urine in the bladder increases, the BWT 799295J DMXXX10.