The Role of the Physician Extender in Radiology

Running head : CRITIQUE OF `THE ROLE OF THE PHYSICIAN EXTENDER IN RADIOLOGY

Critical Analysis of the Research Article

`The Role of the Physician Extender in Radiology

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Introduction

The Role of the Physician Extender in Radiology ' assesses the usefulness of radiology practitioner assistants (R .P .A .s ) in a clinical setting . The introduction effectively describes a current increase in the field of radiology 's workload and a concomitant decrease in funding and the number of qualified radiologists . The severity

of this broad problem is supported by the well referenced views of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and of radiologists in general . The introduction clearly states that radiologists lack time for the highly technical task of interpretation (cited in Valkenburg et al , 2000 Though the introduction is interesting and does justify the need to evaluate R .P .A .s contribution to solving this problem , it does not clearly state the objectives of the current study . Indeed , it is unclear whether the study aimed to evaluate the role of R .P .A .s in patient management , in imaging interpretation or in both areas

Literature Review

The literature review begins by vaguely clarifying that one objective of the study was to evaluate R .P .A .s competency in interpreting images and performing different procedures . This debate should have been introduced in the previous section of the article . The literature review then continues with a concise , flowing discussion of the numerous studies that have...