The Society and College of Radiographers is seeking posters and proffered papers from student radiographers for the Annual Radiotherapy Weekend.
The event will be held in Brighton on 31 January and 1 February 2009. Prizes will be awarded for the best submissions.
Claire Ford, previously a student at University of Portsmouth, presented her third year research paper ‘The effect of the ‘first definitive’ targets on waiting times within a local radiotherapy department’ at last year's event.
Now a full time radiographer, Claire reflected on the experience: “Presenting my own paper was an amazing opportunity, and made me feel that the work I was doing for my dissertation held some relevance for the world of radiotherapy generally. Knowing that I would be presenting was also a great motivator during weeks of fairly dull data collection!
“This experience helped me in my new job as it was a fantastic opportunity to meet people from various oncology centres, and was also helpful at the interview stage. I think it demonstrates that you realise radiography is an ever changing profession, and that you are aware of some of the current key topics. It was great to have on my CV, and gave me the opportunity to co-chair a session at the conference this year, which I feel privileged to have done!”
Charlotte Beardmore, SoR professional officer for radiotherapy, agreed that student submissions are vital for the success of the conference: “I would urge you to consider sending in a proffered paper based on your dissertation for the SCoR annual RT conference. The profession would love to hear about your work and this would offer you an excellent opportunity to develop your presentation skills further."
This year's topics include:
• Clinical radiotherapy: Technical topics;
• Towards Safer Radiotherapy: Clinical examples of changing practice to enhance service delivery;
• Clinical practice: Changing roles to meet changing service need;
• The role of the therapeutic radiographer undertaking ,dosimetric planning;
• Post registration education and training to support service development;
• Research:Examples of different types of research in the clinical setting.
Abstracts should be prepared using Microsoft Word or a compatible format and be a maximum of 350 words.
The following headings should be used, as appropriate: Title; Authors; Work address; Introduction; Method; Results; Discussion & Conclusions; References.
Highlight in bold text your preference of paper or poster or either, and which of the topic areas best covers their work.
All abstracts should be submitted by email before 21 July 2008.
Contact the conference and events team for more information about the SoR Radiotherapy Weekend.
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