Evaluating the impact of dose monitoring software alerts on radiation dose reduction in computed tomography: A systematic review.

Introduction: Radiation Dose Monitoring Software (DMS) tools have been developed to monitor doses and alert computed tomography (CT) users of high radiation exposure. However, the causal factors for alerts and the impact of DMS in dose optimisation are poorly understood.

Aim: This review aims to identify high-dose CT examinations triggering alerts and their determinants, and to assess if the alerts from DMS help to reduce CT dose levels.

Innovative Learning Activities to Prepare Radiography Students for Final-Year Clinical Placements: An Educational Perspective.

Introduction/background: The aim of this educational perspective is to describe a program of learning activities developed to prepare radiography students for final year clinical placements. Authors' reflections are integrated with student feedback to discuss the educational value and feasibility of implementing the activities presented.

Methods: A program of six components was developed: (1) Simulation-based learning, (2) clinical supervision, (3) tutorials and workshops, (4) medical imaging facility learning tours (5) lecture series and (6) journal club.

Radiographers and other radiology workers' education and training in infection prevention and control: A scoping review.

Introduction: Infection prevention and control (IPC) is crucial in healthcare settings, particularly during pandemics like COVID-19. Radiographers play a vital role in maintaining patient safety by following IPC guidelines. However, there is concern that inadequate knowledge and practice of IPC among radiographers may compromise patient safety.

Effects of Environmental and Climatic Changes on Coral Reef Islands.

Coral reef islands are low-lying, wave-deposited sedimentary landforms. Using an eco-morphodynamic framework, this review examines the sensitivity of islands to climatic and environmental change. Reef island formation and morphological dynamics are directly controlled by nearshore wave processes and ecologically mediated sediment supply.

Rethinking atoll futures: local resilience to global challenges.

Atoll islands are often perceived as inevitably lost due to rising sea levels. However, unlike other islands, atoll islands are dynamic landforms that have evolved, at least historically, to vertically accrete at a pace commensurate with changing sea levels. Rather than atoll islands' low elevation per se, the impairment of natural accretion processes is jeopardising their persistence.