BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)

Learning outcomes

1. understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in health and diagnostic radiography;
2. deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within diagnostic radiography;
3. demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
4. evaluate and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
5. recognise the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in diagnostic radiography;
6. make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
7. communicate effectively in English using verbal and non-verbal skills;
8. apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project;
9. conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable including the HCPC standards for conduct performance and ethics;
10. work autonomously within their individual scope of practice, reflect and act upon individual strengths and weaknesses and identify when to seek advice;
11. demonstrate the ability to function at the level of a graduate radiographer HCPC Standards of Proficiency and be eligible to register with the HCPC

Transferable (key) skills

1. the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to diagnostic radiography;
2. the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
3. the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;
4. the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
5. the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature

Assessment

1. demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of diagnostic radiography and health;
2. work that draws on a wide variety of material;
3. the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
4. evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline;
5. work that is typically both evaluative and creative;
6. demonstrate competencies in line with the HCPC standards of proficiency for a graduate diagnostic radiographer