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adiographers start to identify lessons learnt from the pandemic for posterity’s sake as well<br />

as helping to identify the kinds of proactive steps that might be needed in the event of another<br />

pandemic. On this basis we approached the <strong>ISRRT</strong> in October 2020 about a <strong>book</strong> proposal<br />

addressing radiographers’ reflections on the pandemic and following their support a call was<br />

put out for people to contribute chapters to the <strong>book</strong>.<br />

Returning to the <strong>ISRRT</strong>/EFRS chest x-ray website for a moment, it is worth mentioning that it<br />

was nominated and shortlisted for two major awards: 1. Times Higher Education (THE) Award<br />

for UK and Ireland. Here it was shortlisted from 600 nominations into the top 5 within the<br />

highly competitive ‘International’ category. To give some understanding of how prestigious<br />

and competitive the THE Awards are, it is worth noting that the overall winner at THE event<br />

was Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert 2 - Dame Sarah and her research team developed the<br />

Oxford/AstraZeneca <strong>COVID</strong>-<strong>19</strong> vaccine. 2. Smarter Working Lives Awards (UK). Here, out of<br />

300 nominations the website was shortlisted into the top 5. For both Awards, the nominations<br />

came from any subject and not just medically related fields, thus making both awards even<br />

more competitive. At this stage we would like to identify and thank all those who made the<br />

chest x-ray website and the two nominations possible – we have named all 60 people at the<br />

end of this introduction section under the heading ‘Acknowledgement and thanks to those<br />

who made the <strong>COVID</strong>-<strong>19</strong> chest x-ray website and its awards’ nominations possible’.<br />

This <strong>book</strong> contains 29 chapters from individuals and collaborations. Its 44 authors emanate<br />

from 13 countries and include contributions from the perspectives of student radiographers,<br />

radiography teachers/educators, radiography researchers, practicing radiographers,<br />

radiographer managers and retired radiographers, with the <strong>book</strong> preface being written by<br />

Donna Newman - President of <strong>ISRRT</strong>. Many of the authors are new to publishing and their<br />

contribution within this <strong>book</strong>, in some cases, represents their first publication.<br />

Within this <strong>book</strong>, authors outline personal and professional experiences and perspectives<br />

about the <strong>COVID</strong>-<strong>19</strong> pandemic, including lows, highs and perceived learning points. Most<br />

chapters have been written in collaboration with colleagues except personal reflections on<br />

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https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/times-higher-education-awards-2021-winnersannounced?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorialdaily&mc_cid=d3f904397f&mc_eid=fc1fd17c85<br />

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