ISRRT_DEC2018_WEB

WRETF
www.wretf.org
email: admin@wretf.org
TRUSTEES
Chris Steelman (USA)
Alan Budge (UK)
Cynthia Cowling
(Australia)
Marie-Dominique Galy
(France)
Ian Henderson (UK)
Robert Shen (Taiwan)
Keith Piper (UK)
Chairperson:
Chris Steelman
World Radiography Educational
Trust Foundation
News
The autumn Trustees’ board meeting saw
Cynthia Cowling who had been Chairman
for three years, hand over the reins to Chris
Steelman who takes up the reins for the next t
wo years.
Cynthia remains as Education Lead with a
special focus on the bursary awards.
Late summer also saw the departure of the
General Manager, Sue Marchant, who had been
involved with the Trust since December 2010,
firstly as Trustee/Honorary Secretary and more
recently as the General Manager. She was also
the website manager, a role she continued with
until the end of October. Trustees are currently
looking at ways to replace her roles. In the
meantime, Trustees are picking up on some
of the elements of the workload which Sue
managed.
The Trust now has a general email address
for all enquiries about any aspect of its work.
Book support
Trustees are currently evaluating the textbook
support scheme. It has long been thought that
sending books to developing countries is not the
most efficient way to get up-to-date educational
resources to radiographers and technologists
working in these countries. A decision on how
to move forward with this method is expected
before year end.
Bursary Scheme
The recent round of bursary applications saw
a large number being received and of a high
standard. Trustees are delighted that these
awards are seen as making a major contribution
to the education of our colleagues in the
developing world.
Applications are currently being assessed
by Trustees, who welcome applications from
colleagues who are at the start of their career in
radiography in developing countries.
Mr Katassou of Togo, a travel bursary
award recipient in March 2018, attended the
CAFIMRA conference in Dakar, Senegal, in
September 2018, he is pictured below left with
Dominique Zerroug, WRETF Ambassador, at
the conference.
Twinning
The department of Radiology in the South
Eastern Trust in Northern Ireland which recently
“twinned” with Harare Central hospital in
Zimbabwe has been helping the radiology
department there to build a library. They have
held fundraising coffee mornings to enable
the department to obtain books to send to
Zimbabwe. A fuller report on this is available on
our website.
Dr Michael Ward,ISRRT President,presents Mrs Alison Yule
with her Honorary Membership and silver pin.
Zimbabwe radiographers.
Honorary Treasurer:
Ian Henderson
Honorary Secretary:
Alan Budge
Dominique Zerroug and Mr Katassou.
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