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Sonographic evaluation plays a great role in determining the findings in early gestational miscarriage. The aim of this study was to access the occurrence of early gestational miscarriage, the sonographic findings and relationship between age and the sonographic findings in the study group. This is a quantitative retrospective cross-sectional study. A total of 285 ultrasound reports of female patients were certified to have early gestational miscarriage for a period of three years in Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Wave Radio-Diagnostic Center and Life Specialist Hospital in Nnewi Urban, Anambra State, Nigeria were studied. The data were analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 21.0. Statistical significance was considered at <0.05. The result showed that early gestational miscarriage was (15.01%). The sonographic findings were a significant factor of early gestational miscarriage (p = 0.001). Early miscarriage was common among age group 26-30 years (33.7%). The maternal age was not significantly associated with the sonographic findings (P = 0.512). Crown rump length were more common in the ultrasound findings of women who were diagnosed with early gestational miscarriage. The prevailing age group was 26 – 30 years being the prevailing age group. Therefore, ultrasound should always be seen as the first line when it comes to uterine pregnancy, because it is cheap, does not use radiation and has high sensitivity in detecting early miscarriage.

Litigation in the practice of medical radiography is an area that calls for much attention. There has been a surge in the number of litigious cases against medical practitioners and the field of medical radiography is not spared in the trend. There has really been little to no research done on litigation in the field of radiography especially in the south east, hence the need for this study. The aim of this study was to assess radiographers’ awareness of medical litigation, determine if any correlation exists between rank of radiographers and medical litigation, gender of the radiographers and medical litigation and to assess measures that can be put in place to reduce medical litigation among practicing radiographers. A prospective cross-sectional study of 154 radiographers practicing in government and private owned hospitals in South Eastern Nigeria was carried out, with a demographic characteristic comprising of 69 males (44.8%) and 85 females (55.2%) and 133 (86.4%) intern/corps members, 13 (8.4%) basic radiographers, 5 (3.2%) senior/principal radiographers, 3 (1.9%) assistant chief/chief radiographers. A semi-structured questionnaire comprising 3 sections was used to collect data and analysis was done using SPSS version 23.0. Majority of the radiographers showed awareness of litigation either as undergraduates or in the course of practice. Although the awareness of medical litigation was good, majority of the radiographers seem not to have experienced litigation. Finally, there was statistically significance between rank of radiographer and awareness of medical litigation and there existed no statistically significance between gender of radiographer and the awareness of medical litigation. Obtaining consent, explaining procedure to patient and proper documentation and diagnosis are major ways of preventing litigation in practice and majority agreed that a course called medical litigation should be introduced into the undergraduate curriculum.

Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a skill training program designed to prepare and expose students of university for the industrial work situation they are likely to meet after graduation. Many universities are implementing this training program as one of the compulsory requirements of most fields of study. The study is to access and appraise the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme by Radiography students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Data were collected electronically through Google form in the form of spreadsheet. Data collected were analysed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 22.0 (SPSS IBM Corp, Armonk, USA, 2012) and descriptive statistics were used to analysed percentages, mean and standard deviations.177 subjects participated in the study. 93(52.5%) femal and 84 (47.5%) males. Majority of participants were in the age range of 20-23 years. Availability of good equipment greatly influenced their choice of centers to go for the SIWES training. The cost of transportation was the major challenges faced the students of 149 (84.2%). Greater majority 176(99.4%) described their SIWES experience as highly educative. All respondents 177(100%) unanimously support the continuation of SIWES as a compulsory part of radiography studies. Although suggested that the government should give adequate support for transportation. SIWES is an essential process in Practical training which provides students the facilities and means of bridging the gap between career expectations developed in the classroom and the reality of employment in the real world. The cost of transportation is the major challenge faced by the student and they suggested that the government should give adequate support to alleviate it.