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PgCert/PgDip/MSc
Clinical Ultrasound

Southwark
Duration

Approximately:
PgCert: 1 year
PgDip: 1.5 to 2 years
MSc: 2.5 to 3 years

Mode of study
Part-time:

1 day in the University (Science unit one week block attendance required in Sept 09), 14 hours per week of supervised clinical training in a suitable ultrasound department (in the UK).

Start date
September 2009

Number of places
25

Simple timetable info
Day release: afternoons and early evenings
(1pm start unless otherwise stated)

How to apply
Direct to LSBU

LSBU code
3235

Course contacts
Kevin Jones
Postgraduate Administrator
jonesko@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 8443

Rachel Ford
Course Director
Rachel.Ford@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 8328

Non-standard entry requirements

Applicants must organise and show evidence of a confirmed supervised clinical training placement of at least 14 hours per week at a suitable ultrasound department (in the UK).

Course units

4 core units – choice of the combination of these units is optional and depends on the student’s proposed professional pathway:

– Gynaecological Ultrasound

– 1st Trimester Obstetric Ultrasound

– 2nd and 3rd Trimester Obstetric Ultrasound

– General Medical Ultrasound of the Adult and Child

1 Compulsory unit:

– Principles and Instrumentation of Clinical Ultrasound

Optional units:

– Professional Development through Contract

Learning (PDCL)

– Understanding Research and Evidence-based

Practice

– Preparation for Dissertation

– Dissertation

or

Other units within the post-registration scheme that may be undertaken within the ultrasound pathway to complete an award.


Course description

Our unitised course allows you to take a flexible approach towards a recognised medical ultrasound qualification, appropriate to your professional pathway e.g. obstetrics and gynaecology, general medical or a combination of both. The prime focus of the course is to produce a clinically competent ultrasound practitioner.

Each unit of the course aims to:

– Ensure you develop a sound understanding of the relevant theoretical knowledge

– Increase your problem solving and critical evaluation skills

– Develop your ability to apply this knowledge and skills

– Encourage you to take an individual and evidence-based approach to your continued professional development

The Principles and Instrumentation of Clinical Ultrasound unit is compulsory. Your clinical placement (organised by you) will provide your practical training, where your clinical mentor will assess your consistent practical competency using the clinical portfolio set by the University. If you wish to specialise, you will normally study towards a PgCert. However, you can progress to a PgDip, encompassing obs, gynae and general medical ultrasound, or MSc by taking additional stand-alone units from the post-registration scheme.

Career opportunities

The course will help you to become a competent and critically thinking ultrasound practitioner with a wide range of exciting career options. Many of our students have continued into specialist, advanced and consultant practice, research or management areas. The course offers a flexible and responsive education and training provision which follows the requirements in respect of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), linked to professional regulation and the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF).

Typical background of applicant

You will normally be a qualified radiographer, midwife, clinician or other health care professional who has an interest in clinical ultrasound and who has written confirmation and support of a clinical department in which to train.

Professional contacts/industry links

The Clinical Ultrasound course is approved by the College of Radiographers.

Recent guest lecturers

– Dr Graeme Taylor, Physicist, Guy’s Hospital

– Dr Gail ter Haar, Ultrasound Safety Specialist, Royal Marsden Hospital

– Dr Rose de Bruyn, Consultant Radiologist, Great Ormond Street

– Dr Lesley Macdonald, Consultant Radiologist, St Thomas’ Hospital

– Fiona Pocock, Infertility specialist

Additional notes

The flexible nature of this course means that the complete range of options and routes available are too wide to be listed.

The University is not responsible for the organisation of the clinical placement