Radiography: Medical Imaging PgCert/PgDip/MSc

Facts about Radiography: Medical Imaging

Qualification	Radiography: Medical Imaging PgCert/PgDip/MSc
Duration	Full time: 2 years Part time: 2–5 years
Attendance	Normally five days per module
Assessment	Case studies; research protocols; dissertation; essays; portfolios; practical assessment; OSCE; reflective log book
Course structure

Choose Kingston's Radiography: Medical Imaging MSc

Radiography exists in a changing professional environment and requires practitioners to continually update and review clinical practice. This course provides a flexible framework to prepare you for advanced practice by studying topics relevant to your needs and those of your clinical departments.

You may be granted exemption from modules according to professional and academic qualifications. You can take individual modules as 'free standing' as part of your continuing professional development (CPD). Independent study modules enable modules to be based around your individual CPD and workplace needs.

What will you study?

You will study modules relating to clinical roles, management, supervisory and assessment roles, quality issues, research methods and ethics, as well as taking a module of independent study to meet a particular professional need or interest.

Some of the modules are developed in partnership with the Jarvis National Breast Screening Training Centre, South West London (St George's) National Breast Screening Training Centre and Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals, Department of Dental Radiology.

Research areas

Many of our staff in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences are research active, often in partnership with NHS Trusts. This ensures they are in touch with the latest thinking and bring best practice to your studies.
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Course structure

The postgraduate admissions administrator will help you to choose the most suitable combination of modules depending on your needs. You will study modules relating to clinical roles, management, supervisory and assessment roles, quality issues, research methods and ethics, as well as taking a module of independent study to meet a particular professional need or interest. Some of the modules are developed in partnership with a range of healthcare providers.

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.

* double module

Please note: UK students can study any of the modules below. However if you are an international student, you can only choose modules marked with the † symbol. These can be studied on our international pathway.

Choose from the following

Assessing and Supervising in the Workplace†
Breast Cancer Treatment, Management and Care
Cancer Management†
Computed Tomography I: Principles†
Computed Tomography II: Clinical Practice*
Dissertation (equivalent to four modules)†
Foundation to Image Interpretation†
Magnetic Resonance Imaging I: Principles†
Management of People in the Workplace
Managing Continual Professional Development†
Principles and Practice of Administration of Intravenous Injections (at Level 6)
Digital Imaging in Healthcare†
Quality and Professional Issues in Health Care†
Research Methods†
Self-Managed Learning in the Workplace†