Are you a Clinical Radiologist? Do you have a personal archive
of digital and cut-film images? We are looking for images to
feature in a new national archive system called the Validated
Case Archive (VCA).
The VCA will be used for training purposes giving students access
to annotated, high quality films and images of cases from across
the UK, demonstrating normal and abnormal pathologies. It is hoped
that all radiologists across the nation will contribute cases to
the VCA to make it a truly comprehensive national archive.
The VCA process team will send you the web-based software you need
to upload and describe your images.
Click
here to contact the VCA process team and to find out more about
the ‘harvesting’ process.
You can also get involved by validating other images.
R-ITI is an exciting and innovative project combining traditional
proven teaching models with state of the art technology. In addition
to the prestige involved in contributing to R-ITI, submitting cases
to the VCA is recognised as an educational activity allowing professional
recognition for every validated case that is provided. Consultants
can acquire credit through CPD points and CV citations.
The VCA Process Team is keeping a Roll of Honour based on the number
of validated images submitted by each Radiologist.
The VCA Process Team can also translate your cut-film images into
digital format for your own use.
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Get in touch with the VCA Process Team and they will send you the
web-based software you need to upload and describe your images.
Click
here to contact the VCA Process Team.
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The VCA Process Team will send you the web-based software you need
to upload and describe your images. The software can be sent either
by CD, USB storage or through your IT department. Once you have installed
the software, you will be taken through a simple process to submit
your images.
You will need to provide detailed notes to support your images.
You will be guided by step-by-step instructions to ensure that the
VCA offers information which is consistent in detail and format,
regardless of the source or the context.
You can now ‘harvest’ images from home. Click
here to contact the VCA Process Team to find out how.
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The assessment process works in a similar way to the peer review
of articles submitted to journals and publications.
Each image submitted to the VCA will be examined and validated by
two Royal College of Radiologist (RCR) approved assessors.
The VCA Process Team can explain how you can get involved the validation
of images. Click
here to contact the VCA Process Team
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In accordance with the Caldicott Guardian’s guidelines, when
you submit an image, any information which might identify an individual
or Trust must be removed.
Because of the need for anonymity, your name is never linked with
the final VCA image.
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The Validated Case Archive (VCA) offers radiology trainees a high
quality, user friendly simulation of the radiology reporting experience.
Through the VCA trainees will have access to annotated, high quality
films and images of cases from across the UK. The VCA tool is available
to the three R-ITI academies initially,
but will be rolled out to all 35 UK radiology training sites as the
project progresses. Ultimately the VCA will be available for use
by the entire radiology community.
The VCA is a complex piece of software developed specifically by
the R-ITI project. It contains images, organised notes and detailed
descriptions of the value of each image. Each image has its own file
of background information to “tell the story” of the
image. This allows trainee radiologists to explore, learn, and test
their understanding against the original annotations. Click
here to find out more about the VCA.
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