title: Increasing the work speed of radiographers: the effect on the accuracy of a set-up of a complex shaped cranial field, part of a matched cranio spinal junction.
abstract: Simulator port films of 22 set-ups of a complex cranial field positioned by radiographers working either at normal or at increased pace were compared with a control film. Analysis showed that accuracy decreased for set-ups achieved at an increased speed, demonstrating risks to treatment outcomes incurred by increasing working speed to meet workload demands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, Cookridge Hospital, Yorkshire Regional Centre for Cancer Treatment, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Probst
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016371:Cranial Irradiation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011859:Radiography / Q000592:standards; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000592:standards; D016526:Workload