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Have you ever considered a career change or thought of what career you would like to pursue after finishing your education? There is a worldwide shortage or radiographers. The UK Government and the United Nations are trying to address this issue and have instituted a World Radiography Day on November 8th of each year.

With a shortage of radiographers in the UK the Government is trying to raise the profile of radiographers in order to attract potential students and thus cope with its targets. Because radiographers are involved in 90% of diagnostic cases any delay in patients accessing their services invariably creates a bottle neck in the diagnostic and treatment chain.

The UK based Society and College of Radiographers has instituted a Radiographer of the Year Award in an effort to highlight the profession’s profile. The winner is honoured at a ceremony in England at the House of Commons.

Based on the real life tragedy at Dunblane in 1996 when 16 young primary school children and one teacher died in a mindless attack, the emotive “faction” novel “I Can See Clearly Now the Rain is Gone”, by George Korankye, is hoped to heighten the interest in the role of the radiographer.

Never before has the character of a radiographer featured in a work of fiction as the central lead figure. “I Can See Clearly Now the Rain is Gone” had its title inspired by the song of the same title from the celebrated songster Johnny Nash.

The tragedy in the novel centres around a radiographer, caught up in a situation so terrible that it couldn’t be contemplated, and everyone involved is stretched to the limit of their skills and their emotions. From the pits of despair the story reveals how a group of professionals, at the fictional Bonnyholly Hospital, deal with a once in a lifetime major incident of unbelievable horror, they will experience the gamut of all human emotions.

With the lack of public awareness of what a radiographer’s role is in the medical profession, the Chief Executive Officer of the Society and College of Radiographers, Richard Evans, commended George Korankye in broaching the subject. Indeed, Mr Evans even went so far as to tell second time author George Korankye that he would be pleased to assist in spreading the news of the book.

A division of radiography that is mysterious to the public is Forensic Radiography. Other procedures radiographers are engaged in are: Ultrasound, CT and MRI scans Nuclear Medicine, Bone Density, Endoscopies, Cardiac surgery and Dental examinations.

As a matter of importance, radiographers are a most important part of the medical team when it comes to various procedures, such as urology and orthopaedic.

On an instructive note, archaeologists, historians and anthropologists have extracted and used the diagnostic gifts of radiographers in detection of more about our ancestors by x-raying mummies, tombs, etc without breaking into caskets. Behind closed doors to the public, radiographers take on research in universities and non educational facilities.

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