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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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