Radiology day message: we must enhance rural workforce

07 November 2024
The Royal College of Australian and New Zealand Radiologists (RANZCR) has...

College’s annual meeting taking place in Perth this week

15 October 2024
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists’ (RANZCR)...

Blog Series: A Vision for CR in the World of Digital Health | Part 3: The Future of Digital Health in Radiology

11 October 2024
In the first two parts of this blog series, we discussed the foundational...

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Ethics and Interpersonal Skills

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These resources will help you develop non-medical expert skills in both the clinical radiology and radiation oncology curricula.

Communication, patient support and advocacy, stress management

The Pam MacLean Cancer Communication Centre offers workshops in areas like:

  • Dealing with and giving bad news

  • Preparing a patient for aversive procedures

  • Dealing with intense negative emotion

  • Multi-disciplinary communication

  • Discussing a clinical trial

  • Discussing diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options for a various cancer types

  • Managing cancer pain

  • How to handle performance anxiety for exams

Managing people

  • Max, Douglas & Robert, Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews, New York: SWL Publishing Enterprises, 2003.

  • Sandler, Cory & Keefe, Janice. Performance Appraisal Phrase Book. Avon, USA: Word Association Inc. Adams Media, 2004.

Professional practice and ethics

  • Monash University Clinical Ethics Resource

  • Breen, Kerry J., Cordner, Stephen M., Thomson, Colin JH., Plueckhahn, Vernon D., Good Medical Practice: Professionalism, Ethics and Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

  • Hodges B (2007), Medical Education and the Maintenance of Incompetence, Medical Teacher, 28(8):690-696.