Learning strategies in the planning and evaluation phase of image production

Radiography in Practice : Work and Learning in Medical Imaging

“…Tw o levels of strategy for learning professional tasks relating to d igital im age prod uction w ere id entified by Larsson et al (2009) and Larsson et al (2013). Previous know led ge led to a m ore holistic approach, but w hen the rad iographers w ere learning about previously unknow n tasks, they read and und erstand d ifferent m anuals and / or m ethod d escriptions.…”

“…They also observed how the technology w as used before they started to act by them selves. Description s of professional learning strategies w hen tackling unknow n tasks (Larsson et al 2009;Larsson et al, 2013) ind icate that learners are d epend ent on follow ing d escriptions in ord er to perform tasks. Larsson et al's (2009Larsson et al's ( & 2013 find ings are also in line w ith the find ings reported in Paper II; because of the rapid d evelopm ent of m ethod s, rad iographers have to constantly read and upd ate them selves via d ocum ents and m ethod d escriptions.…”

“…H ow rad iographers learn their professional tasks in d igital im aging prod uction w ere investigated by Larsson, Lund berg & H illergård (2009) and Larsson, Aspelin & Lund berg (2013). Tw o levels of learning strategies w ere id entified , d epend ing on w hether the tasks w ere know n or unknow n to the rad iographer.…”

“…Inexperienced rad iographers also learned through collaboration w ith experienced ones. There w ere also d ifferences in how they evaluated the im ages prod uced ; an experienced rad iographer evaluated how w ell the im ages visualized the pathology and the inexperienced relied upon d efined crit eria in m ethod d escriptions (Larsson et al, 2013). The authors id entified tw o d ifferent levels of acting in practice: routine or reflective (Larsson et al, 2009).…”

“…Som e authors d eclare that this m ight lead to the d e-professionalization of established professions (Malin, 2017;Tatoo, 2006). Previous research about rad iographers' professional practice has d em onstrated their com petences w ith im age prod uction in practice (And ersson, Christensson, Frid lund & Broström, 2012a;And ersson, Christensson, Jakobsson, Frid lund & Br oström , 2012b), role ad vancem ent into new professional areas (H ard y, Legg, Sm ith, Ween, William s & Motto, 2008;Kelly, Piper & N ightingale, 2008), how the introd uction of d igital im aging w orkflow s have affected rad iographers' practice (Frid ell, Aspelin, Ed gren & Lind sköld , 2009;Larsson et al, 2007) and learning in practice using d igital im aging techniques (Larsson, Lund berg & H illergård , 2009;Larsson, Aspelin & Lund berg 2013). The w ays in w hich the introd uction of new m od alities for im age p rod uction affects rad iographers' professional w ork and interprofessional collaboration in m ed ical im aging have been sparsely investigated .…”