Radiography and research: a changing culture

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of all healthcare professionals.Indeed, one of the defining qualities of any profession is to contribute to the body of evidence that underpins its practice and enables it todevelop and advance. Thus it is disappointing to observe that in a recent report radiographers,despite being the third largest of the allied healthprofessional (AHP) groups in the UK, are still perceived to be the poor relations when compared to other AHPs, in terms of overall research capacity and research output.