Program Overview

Diagnostic Radiography (Pre-registration) MSc

Overview

Medical imaging is key to fast and accurate diagnosis in the modern healthcare setting. This is a unique, progressive, and integrated fast-track course. It incorporates natural sciences, clinical sciences, health policy, and research methods.

Course Structure

Year 1 Core Modules

• Clinical Placement 1: This 35-week module prepares you for your first clinical placement. You gain an understanding of the radiographer’s role and the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the demands of the clinical placement.
• Clinical Placement 2: This 17-week module introduces you to more complex radiographic examinations where you review radiographic images for diagnostic acceptability and abnormality recognition.
• Professional Practice and Mastery: Using a problem-based learning approach, you explore professional practice in a radiographic context, and develop a critical and evaluative approach to ethical and professional issues.
• Radiographic Anatomy, Physics and Legislation: Gain knowledge of the underlying principles of anatomical and physical sciences, medical imaging practice, ionising radiation regulation, and medical imaging equipment.

Year 2 Core Modules

• Clinical Placement 3: This module runs for 31 weeks, beginning with a taught element for the first 15 weeks and then your clinical placement.
• Dissertation Preparation for Health Professionals: Develop your skills to design and manage research projects relevant to health professionals.
• Major Project: You undertake a substantive piece of either primary or secondary research developed from the research module in Stage 2.
• Preliminary Clinical Evaluation and Enhancing Practice: Develop essential preliminary skills and focus on clinical evaluation of radiographic images of the appendicular skeleton, axial skeleton, chest and abdomen for manifest abnormality.
• Specialist Radiographic Imaging: You build on previous learning undertaken in both clinical placement and university.

How You Learn

On-campus learning is facilitated through lectures, seminars, group work, and problem-based study. Approximately 50% of your learning is in the clinical environment.

How You Are Assessed

You are assessed through written assignments, presentations, and oral and written examinations. You also produce a written research article as part of your major project work.

Entry Requirements

• Academic entry requirements being met
• Satisfactory application form
• Successful interview
• Satisfactory references
• Completed work-based risk assessment process
• Receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check

International Applicants

• International applicants must have IELTS 7.0 with a minimal score of 6.5 in all sections or Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 100/120
• If you are successful at shortlisting you will be invited to attend an interview (which may be in person OR video call) in one of our international offices in either India, Malaysia or China, or through a secure web link

Employability

Graduates in diagnostic radiography are a vital part of modern health care and employment opportunities are available in the UK and abroad.

Professional Accreditation

Approved by the College of Radiographers May 2019 to September 2024.

Fees

• Fee for UK applicants: £9,535 a year
• Fee for international applicants: £17,000 a year

Duration

• Length: 25 months full-time; January start
• Start date: January

Choose Teesside

• Stand out from other job applicants with your higher level qualification, specialist knowledge and expanded networks.
• Improve your project management, critical thinking, research skills, time management, presentation skills and teamwork.
• The median salary for working-age postgraduates (£45,000) was £6,500 more than for working-age (those aged 16 to 64) graduates (£38,500) in 2022.