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MSc - Medical Imaging (Ultrasound)

This is a challenging, yet rewarding programme of study offering you the opportunity to develop the high level skills required of an autonomous ultrasound practitioner, in 3 or 4 areas of ultrasound practice.
This is a highly flexible part-time pathway that will appeal to a wide range of health care professionals who wish to develop ultrasound skills as an extension of their scope of practice.

You will receive high quality teaching from friendly, supportive and enthusiastic staff, who are clinically and research active. The course is delivered via a blended approach combining some online and some face to face [campus based delivery] at our Lancaster campus.
You’ll engage in practice based learning in a clinical environment with expert mentor support.

Accredited by the Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE), this programme delivers high-quality sonographic education at an appropriate level to ensure trainees are competent and able to practice professionally within the sonographic field. Students undertaking a CASE accredited Medical Ultrasound programme will know that high quality education and training is being delivered against set standards.

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Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE)

Course Overview

Our MSc Medical Imaging (Ultrasound) offers you the opportunity to train in a range of ultrasound applications. You will be taught in your place of employment as well as our modern Clinical Skills Suite by some of the area’s leading experts in this field and using state of the art simulation systems.

The course is modular, offering part-time enrolment options to help you fit your professional development into your lifestyle. Our part-time pathway is flexible in its design, delivery and assessment to help you meet the demands of work and family commitments. A broad range of negotiated modules allow you to put together a programme of study that meets your individual learning needs, supporting your individual career aspirations.

You must have access to a clinical ultrasound placement for a minimum of three days per week. Please note that part-time students must source a placement independently.

On this course you will...

  • Have the opportunity to develop the high level skills required of an autonomous ultrasound practitioner.
  • Develop ultrasound skills as an extension of their scope of practice.
  • Receive high quality teaching from friendly, supportive and enthusiastic staff, who are clinically and research active.
  • Engage in practice based learning in a clinical environment with expert mentor support.
  • To study around your work commitments, with start dates in May, September or January each year.
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Course Structure

What you will learn

We provide a range of modules to help you develop relevant clinical skills in your own department. Teaching is also supported by specialist guest speakers who provide current, relevant course material directly related to clinical practice.

You may be assessed in various ways including coursework, presentations, reflective writing, verbal assessments, exams and reports. Assessment of clinical placements is a requirement of the qualification; you will be assessed to ensure you are clinically competent before you can receive the award.

When you start you must begin with one of our core modules. Both core modules must be completed in year 1, alongside at least ONE optional module. You will then choose a further 3 modules in year 2.

Please note optional module choices are made by the placement and not you the student, and these are based fundamentally on patient caseload availability, mentor support and service need.

Modules

Compulsory modules

  • Physical Principles & Technology in Ultrasound
  • Professional, Legal & Ethical Issues in Ultrasound

 

Optional modules (subject to availability and demand)

  • General Medical Ultrasound (Theory)
  • General Medical Ultrasound (Clinical Practice)
  • Obstetric Ultrasound (Theory)
  • Obstetric Ultrasound (Clinical Practice)
  • Gynaecological Ultrasound (Theory)
  • Gynaecological Ultrasound (Clinical Practice)
  • Breast Ultrasound (Theory)
  • Breast Ultrasound (Clinical Practice)
  • Vascular Ultrasound (Theory)
  • Vascular Ultrasound (Clinical Practice)
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (Theory)
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (Clinical Practice)
  • Negotiated Ultrasound Practice (Theory)
  • Negotiated Ultrasound Practice (Clinical Practice)
  • Research methods
  • Independent Study in Ultrasound (non-clinical) 
Year one

When you start you must begin with one of our core modules. Both core modules must be completed in year 1, alongside at least ONE optional module.

  • Physical Principles & Technology in Ultrasound
    This module introduces the underpinning physics and technology of ultrasound imaging.
  • Professional, Legal & Ethical Issues in Ultrasound
    This module introduces the relevant professional, legal and ethical issues relating to medical ultrasound practice.
  • Optional Module (with clinical practice)
    Choose three optional clinical module(s) (Theory and Clinical Practice elements). The aim of these modules is to enable you to demonstrate and apply the relevant knowledge, skills and professional abilities to effectively perform and interpret medical ultrasound examinations, relating to your agreed scope of practice.
Year two

You will then choose a further 3 modules in year 2, two of which must be clinically related.

  • Choose two or three optional clinical module(s) (Theory and Clinical Practice elements)
    Choose one or two optional clinical module(s) (Theory and Clinical Practice elements). The aim of these modules is to enable you to demonstrate and apply the relevant knowledge, skills and professional abilities to effectively perform and interpret medical ultrasound examinations, relating to your agreed scope of practice.
  • If only 2 clinical options are chosen you may also study the Research Methods module
    This module will enable you to select, devise, analyse and synthesise research and evidence-based practice findings. You will develop an advanced understanding of selected research methods and will have opportunities for acquiring appropriate research skills through study and practical experience.
Year three

In your final year, you will complete your dissertation module.

  • Dissertation
    To enable you to carry out either a critical review of the current literature, or a piece of empirical research, on an issue related to medical imaging(ultrasound)/practice.

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