Overview

These Diagnostic Radiography courses are intended to develop you into a radiographer who has a good understanding of all aspects of radiography and patient care who can respond to a rapidly evolving health delivery service.

Diagnostic Radiographers use the latest technology including Conventional Radiography, Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Radionuclide medicine (RNI) and Ultrasound (US) to examine the body and facilitate the effective and timely diagnosis of various medical conditions.

As a diagnostic radiographer you will work directly with patients and produce, process and assess images of body structures - for example, skeletal and soft tissue injuries or abnormalities which are used to support and guide direct interventional treatments, procedures and therapies. Throughout the course you will be given the opportunity to develop knowledge of health related sciences including, human anatomy, physiology, medical physics and technology to support the operation, interpretation and diagnostic processes of radiographic imaging. In addition, you will explore patient interaction, care and protection - including safe radiation practice - a fundamental responsibility for diagnostic radiographers. You will also examine the crucial role diagnostic radiographers play in health screening programmes such as cancer screening.

Practice placements*, which are sourced for you by the University, are an integral part of the course and aim to enable you to develop clinical skills and work as part of a multidisciplinary team. In addition, you will have the opportunity to learn about performing various aspects of diagnostic radiography practices alongside other healthcare students in the University’s purpose built Simulation Centre, using the latest equipment that would normally be found in clinical settings. The University has a strong partnership with the healthcare sector and placement providers who provide a diverse range of clinical placements including acute, district and community services.

We take a ‘learning through exploration’ approach enabling you to put the knowledge and skills you develop in to practice variety of cutting-edge innovative simulated scenarios. Coventry University has invested over £2m in a purpose built new diagnostic radiography suite featuring the latest diagnostic radiography equipment.

The professional requirements for this course meet the Health and Care Profession Council (HCPC). Therefore, on successful completion of the course, you are eligible to apply for registration as a radiographer with the HCPC (additional costs apply) making a variety of diagnostic radiography career opportunities available within the UK and abroad.

* Please note that practice placements may be subject to additional costs (e.g. travel, visas and accommodation etc.).

Course information

As a student on the Diagnostic Radiography course you will have the opportunity to engage in a wide range of transformative learning opportunities and innovative modules designed to further enhance graduate employability in a dynamic health and social care environment.

This includes a breadth of professional practice experience, service user involvement, inter-professional collaborative education and a range of international learning opportunities. This course is available as either a 3 year BSc (Hons) degree or a 4 year Integrated Master’s MSci degree, with the final year of the MSci studied at Master’s level.

Strong partnerships with clinical placement providers are designed to enable you to practice in a diverse range of educational and professional learning environments such as acute, district and community services, and public, private and charitable organisations. Clinical experience placements embedded within the course meet the requirements of both the Health and Care Profession Council (HCPC).

The course is structured to have both academic and clinical practice components in every year of the course. The core elements of study include human anatomy and physiology, pathology, radiography professional practice, image reporting, medical imaging science and technology, research and interprofessionalism. Each of these elements are introduced, developed and enhanced at each stage of study to allow steady knowledge and skills progression to develop from a novice (year 1 student) to an autonomous skilled radiographer (year 3 student).