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Champions of Change: new report from Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy conference

Melissa Sweet
Croakey Conference News Service
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Summer reading 2023-2024, Cultural safety, Cancer, LGBTQIA+, Global health, Workforce matters, Safety and quality of healthcare and aged care, Artificial intelligence, #ASMIRT2023

Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 15 January 2024. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2023.

This article was first published on Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Please download, read and share this 61-page report compiling Croakey Conference News Service coverage of the Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) conference that was held in Sydney from 27-30 April.

The conference, for radiographers, radiation therapists and the wider medical radiation sciences community, was held under the theme: Champions of change: honouring the past, embracing the present, shaping the future.

The report covers:

“Your everyday was my worst day”: conference puts patient-centred care in focus
Improving cancer care for sexually and gender diverse people
What does the future look like for medical radiation science and its workforce?
Artificial Intelligence in healthcare must focus on diversity and equity
“Wars don’t stop cancer”: Australian health and medical sector urged to support Ukraine
Medical radiation sciences: addressing workforce pressures, cultural safety and quality of care
Twitter Analytics.

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Warm thanks to everyone who contributed to the sharing of #ASMIRT2023 news via Twitter and other channels.

A TweetBinder analysis found 1,977 tweets were sent by 235 contributors using the conference hashtag, creating an estimated value for the hashtag of $34,738.

Read more here, and see the summary below.

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