Program Overview

BSc (Honours) Diagnostic Radiography with Foundation Year

Course summary

This challenging and inspiring course provides the foundational knowledge and skills you’ll need to safely operate a variety of diagnostic imaging equipment. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll ensure patients receive high standards of care. After graduating you'll be eligible to apply for registration as a diagnostic radiographer with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

How you learn

You’ll experience a blended approach to learning and teaching – on campus, online and in practice placements. You’ll be taught by professionals who are active in their field of practice and research – providing contemporary, interprofessional practice knowledge and experiences.

Modules

Year 1

• Developing The Fundamentals Of A Healthcare Professional
  • Credits: 60
  • Assessment: Coursework (60%), Practical (40%)
  • Module Aim: Develop your knowledge and understanding of academic, personal, and professional skills that enable transition into Level 4 study and future employability.
• Promotion Of Contemporary Issues In Healthcare
  • Credits: 60
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Module Aim: Develop your knowledge and understanding of a range of contemporary issues that currently influence healthcare.

Year 2

• Collaboration For Individual And Community Wellbeing
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
  • Module Aim: Introduce you to the biopsychosocial, cognitive, political, economic, and medical factors which influence the health and wellbeing of individuals, diverse populations and communities.
• Developing Radiographic Practice
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Module Aim: Develop your understanding and application of the topics covered in semester 1.
• Drad Practice Placement 1
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: -
  • Module Aim: Enable you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competent, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills.
• Introduction To Diagnostic Imaging
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
  • Module Aim: Develop your understanding and application of the topics covered in semester 1.
• Personal And Professional Development
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Module Aim: Consolidate your progression to graduate-level study and professional practice, reflecting on your role as a professional who delivers safe and effective person-centred care.

Year 3

• Assessing And Addressing Complexity In Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
  • Module Aim: Apply your professional knowledge, skills and values in an integrated manner.
• Contemporary Imaging Practice
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Module Aim: Evaluate diagnostic imaging modalities within themed practice areas, synthesising knowledge and justifying approaches to imaging practice throughout the patient pathway.
• Contemporary Imaging Practice 2
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
  • Module Aim: Build further knowledge by evaluating diagnostic imaging modalities within themed practice areas – justifying approaches and techniques to imaging practice throughout the patient pathway.
• Drad Practice Placement 2
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: -
  • Module Aim: Enable you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competent, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills.
• Evidence And Enquiry For Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Module Aim: Introduce you to research and enquiry design and methods.

Year 4

• Complexity & Leadership In Professional Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Module Aim: Develop your systematic understanding of leadership and education concepts in practice.
• Drad Practice Placement 3
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: -
  • Module Aim: Enable you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competent, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills.
• The Advancing Professional
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Module Aim: Enable you to undertake a sustained, in-depth piece of independent learning, demonstrating a critical understanding and applying appropriate research methods within a piece of work.
• The Autonomous Radiography Practitioner
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
  • Module Aim: Consolidate your understanding of how imaging outcomes inform the treatment pathways in relation to overall patient management.
• The Radiography Revolution
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Module Aim: Prepare you for a future career in diagnostic radiography, exploring a range of specialisms.

Future careers

By the end of the course, you’ll have demonstrated the requirements that confer your eligibility to apply for registration as a professional diagnostic radiographer with the HCPC – qualified to work in diagnostic imaging departments throughout the UK and overseas.

Equipment and facilities

Our on-campus teaching is conducted in and around clinical and ward settings. You’ll have access to all the equipment and furniture found in a contemporary hospital clinical space.

Where will I study?

You study at Collegiate Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

Entry requirements

• UCAS points: 64
• GCSE: Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents, Maths at grade D or 4 or equivalents, English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents
• Access: An Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE course in a science based subject
• IELTS: 7.0 or above, with a minimum score of 6.5 in each skill

Fees and funding

• Home students: £9,535 per year (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during your placement year)
• International students: £20,000 per year, which includes an annual placement supplement of £2,000
• NHS Learning Support Fund: A non-repayable training grant of £5,000 per year to all eligible new and current pre-registration students. The first year of this course (foundation year) is not included in this grant.