2022/23 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MSc Diagnostic Imaging (Diagnostic Radiography) (No longer Recruiting from 202324)

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Students must have the following:-
1. Normally a BSc (at least 2:1) honours in Diagnostic Radiography.
2. Have secured a suitable clinical placement (where appropriate) and:
o employment with, or secondment to, a diagnostic imaging department or with access to diagnostic imaging facilities, approved by the University of Leeds
o identification of 2 suitable clinical mentos within this department
o Employer agreement to undertake the course and provide adequate time and facilities to meet the learning outcomes of the programme.
o Satisfactory references and attendance at an admissions event
Advanced standing

Students may access the MSc if they have already obtained a relevant (diagnostic radiography) Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma or related academic credit from the University of Leeds within the last five years and have maintained their clinical practice/CPD in the interim.
Opportunities for accreditation of prior certificated learning (APCL) and or accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL) are available.
English language requirements
English to the standard equivalent of level 7 on IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with no element below 6.5.
International students
International students will be able to access the course if they have an approved clinical placement, and 2 suitably qualified mentors, in their home country. All students must attend all the required face-to-face taught content on campus and be able to access all the synchronous online taught elements of the course.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Medicine, Specialist Science Education Department

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

TPG Assessment Board

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Standards for Sonographic Education; CASE (May 2019)
Approval and Accreditation Board Handbook; The College of Radiographers (May 2009)

Programme specification:

The Postgraduate Diagnostic Imaging suite of programmes will deliver a high quality, research-led educational experience in order to develop highly competent practitioners who contribute positively to healthcare service provision. This suite of programmes will appeal to a wide range of local, national and international diagnostic radiographers who wish to develop their academic and clinical skills, in-depth knowledge and understanding, research and professional practice in specialist areas in Diagnostic Radiography.

Programme content
All students who undertake imaging practice modules need employment with or secondment to, a clinical diagnostic imaging department or with access to clinical diagnostic imaging facilities.
All students undertaking programmes on the Diagnostic Radiography pathway will study a combination of the one compulsory modules (Professional Issues in Diagnostic Imaging) plus at least one Imaging Practice module :-

o Negotiated Imaging Practice/Focussed Negotiated Imaging Practice e.g.
o Musculoskeletal ultrasound
o Vascular ultrasound
o Other Imaging practice areas
Additional module available is:-
o Image Guided Interventional Procedures
Students already qualified as diagnostic radiographers can undertake the following modules in combination with Professional Issues in Diagnostic Imaging as part of a programme:-
o Preliminary Evaluation of Diagnostic Images
o Evaluation and Reporting Diagnostic Images
o Negotiated Imaging Practice/Focussed Negotiated Imaging Practice
o Image Guided Interventional Procedures
o Negotiated Imaging Practice and focused negotiated imaging practice
co-requisite Science and Technology of Ultrasound.

Students undertaking the MSc will also study the following compulsory modules :
o Research for Diagnostic Imaging
o Diagnostic Imaging Dissertation
ARCS5254M Focused Negotiated Imaging Practice and ARCS5225M Negotiated Imaging Practice - are co-requisite Science
and Technology of Ultrasound.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

ARCS5254M Focused Negotiated Imaging Practice and ARCS5225M Negotiated Imaging Practice - are co-requisite Science and Technology of Ultrasound.
Students may choose up to 30-credits from University modules with the agreement of the Programme Team.

Optional modules:

Students may choose up to 30-credits from University modules with the agreement of the Programme Team.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

ARCS5254M Focused Negotiated Imaging Practice and ARCS5225M Negotiated Imaging Practice - are co-requisite Science and Technology of Ultrasound.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

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