Radiotherapy Skin Care with Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara

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Here is a bonus episode with Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara discussing radiotherapy skin care, equity for people of colour and what you can do to improve healthcare.

 

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) read Naman’s article in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences: https://www.jmirs.org/article/S1939-8654(23)01872-6/fulltext

2) reflect on your understanding of skin changes across all skin tones.

3) consider ways to improve equity for people of colour within your workplace and personal life.

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Links from podcast:

Understanding therapeutic radiographers’ confidence in assessing, managing & teaching radiation induced skin reactions (RISR): A national survey in the UK: https://www.radiographyonline.com/article/S1078-8174(24)00083-X/fulltext

Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) updates radiation dermatitis guidelines: https://www.sor.org/news/radiotherapy/scor-updates-radiation-dermatitis-guidelines

Wound care and skin tone: Signs, symptoms and terminology for all skin tones: https://woundsinternational.com/consensus-documents/wound-care-and-skin-tone-signs-symptoms-and-terminology-for-all-skin-tones/

Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of acute radiation dermatitis: international Delphi consensus-based recommendations: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1470204523000670

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