Publications by authors named "J A McNulty"

The theme of limited resources pervades the mental health landscape. Practitioners often lack adequate resources to provide interventions for all who could benefit from them, and potential beneficiaries often lack adequate cognitive, financial, and temporal resources to make use of them. Even under rare conditions of bounty, many intensive interventions show small, fleeting effects.

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Introduction: It is important to incorporate the patient perspective into healthcare education, as we know that patients are experts in their own conditions. The expertise gained through lived experience serves to complement the theoretical knowledge that healthcare educators can provide. This scoping review aims to explore patient involvement in medical education within obstetrics and gynaecology, a specialty that can provide unique challenges and complexities to patient involvement due to its potentially highly sensitive and intimate nature.

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  • This study addresses the inconsistency in cost reporting for cost-effectiveness analysis in radiology by comparing hospital charge records with actual diagnostic imaging costs at a Singapore hospital.
  • A detailed bottom-up micro-costing method was used to analyze imaging costs, focusing on data from 96 emergency department patients who received various imaging procedures.
  • Findings revealed that actual imaging costs differ from patient charges, with conventional radiography being slightly higher than subsidized patient charges and CT procedures showing larger discrepancies, especially dependent on whether the patient was under a private or subsidized plan.
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Background: Advanced imaging techniques play a pivotal role in oncology. A large variety of computed tomography (CT) scanners, scan protocols, and acquisition techniques have led to a wide range in image quality and radiation exposure. This study aims at implementing verifiable oncological imaging by quality assurance and optimization (i-Violin) through harmonizing image quality and radiation dose across Europe.

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Introduction: Radiography Service Managers (RSMs) and Clinical Specialist Radiographers (CSRs) play a pivotal role in the overall provision and seamless operation of the diagnostic imaging services provided to patients. The essential role played by these professionals makes it important to consider both job satisfaction and career plans amongst this cohort as both these variables are inextricably linked with the quality of care provided to patients and the occupational performance of staff. This study explored the job satisfaction and career plans of RSMs and CSRs.

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