Program Overview

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We understand that you may not have the time to do a full-time degree, so our CPD pathways allow you to study flexibly, in the way that best suits you. The structure, mode of delivery and level of support allow you to progress towards a qualification at postgraduate certificate , postgraduate diploma or Masters level. This pathway supports clinicians from a range of professional backgrounds to access musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging. You’ll engage with the technical considerations that underpin this imaging modality prior to musculoskeletal scanning protocols. Face-to-face teaching takes place at weekends at our Colchester Campus. You’ll require a mentor to complete the clinical learning components of the PGCert. The pathway includes optional modules covering ultrasound guided injections or service evaluation. We will:

• Provide you with critical understanding of the key concepts underlying musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging
• Provide you with the opportunity to acquire practical musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging skills
• Ensure that you acquire a range of transferable employment related skills
• Enable you to evaluate and respond to professional considerations related to musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging
• Provide you with skills to access, and critically appraise, research findings to develop your own evidence-based practice
• Enhance your understanding of the essential principles of research design and to conduct an extensive piece of independent research including: planning, formulating, designing, choosing research methods, collecting data, analysing, interpreting and writing-up

This course sits within our School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences . This provides an exciting opportunity to join a community specifically focused on sports and exercise science, sports therapy and physiotherapy. This will allow us to bring together our internationally recognised research, share knowledge, and enhance placement and vocational opportunities for our students and graduates.

Sport scholarships

Our Performance Sport Scholarship programme has been created for talented athletes playing at regional, national or international level, and offers a range of benefits. We want students competing in our focus sports (basketball, volleyball, tennis, football and rugby 7s), as well as other team sports and individual athletes, to contribute to our performance sport programme. Our scholarships can include fee discounts of up to 100%, offered to athletes who demonstrate sporting excellence. Athletes who are awarded the scholarship will receive a host of other benefits, including free kit, access to state-of-the-art facilities, performance coaching, the option to live in our Athlete Village (accommodation fees may vary) and a support package valued up to £1,500. These benefits are designed to help athletes focus on their training, and development, and to enable them to reach their full potential alongside their studies.

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Professional accreditation

Accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Accredited by the Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education. Pathway assessment includes verification of clinical competency to support employability in musculoskeletal environments e.g. radiology or POCUS for physiotherapists. Why we're great.

• Study flexibly with a part-time CPD pathway.
• Expand your musculoskeletal knowledge with a focus on imaging, including ultrasonography, or patient management including injection therapy.
• Work with leading experts from a range of fields, including consultant physiotherapists and sonographers.

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Our expert staff

We have a range of university staff and external expert specialists who work with us. Our priority is to ensure the professional diversity of musculoskeletal ultrasound is represented so clinicians who scan lists in radiology and point of care practitioners are used to support the course teaching.