Embedding Consumer Engagement in Radiology Education: A Quality Improvement Initiative

A tertiary imaging department embedded consumer engagement into workplace education and CPD through storytelling, co-design, and governance. Consumer storytelling and structured engagement are feasible, low-resource strategies that may promote empathy and patient-centred practic…

• Consumer perspectives remain under-represented in radiology education, which traditionally prioritises technical competency.
• Meaningful engagement requires clarity of purpose, attention to consumer wellbeing, and a shift from symbolic inclusion to genuine partnership.
• The initiatives are illustrated with clinician and consumer feedback but are not a formal evaluation; formal outcome evaluation is needed.

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