Clinical Reporting

Entry requirements

Degree at 2.2 or above or Professional Diploma in Radiography or its equivalent in a relevant discipline. You should have at least one year of professional registration to practice in radiography or a related discipline.

You will be working in a relevant field of radiographic practice and will have sufficient access to the relevant range of clinical practice to support your studies.

You must be supported by your employer and two referees, one of whom is a consultant radiologist or experienced reporting radiographer prepared to act as a mentor.

If English is not your first language you require an IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no element below 5.5 for most standard undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Months of entry

January, May, September

Course content

Advance your career and enhance your expertise with our MSc in Clinical Reporting, a flexible and specialised postgraduate qualification for registered radiography practitioners. This course equips you with advanced skills in image interpretation, enabling you to specialise in musculoskeletal and adult chest as selected MRI examinations.

As the first validated course of its kind, this MSc has earned commendations from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education and is delivered by an expert academic team, including internationally recognised researchers. Designed to meet current and future healthcare demands, the course offers pathway-specific modules alongside bespoke study options, allowing you to tailor your learning to your career goals.

With a curriculum that reflects evolving service requirements, you will develop expertise in radiology reporting, Artificial Intelligence in medical imaging, and education in allied healthcare. Upon completion, you will be eligible to apply for advanced practitioner accreditation in Clinical Reporting, opening doors to career progression in NHS trusts, private healthcare, and specialist imaging centres.

This programme is designed with flexibility in mind, enabling you to balance study with professional commitments. You will be supported by leading academics and clinical specialists throughout your journey, ensuring you gain both the technical proficiency and professional confidence needed for advanced clinical practice.

Join an innovative MSc programme that empowers you to specialise and lead in radiology.

Structure of the course

There are three Postgraduate Certificate awards that you can achieve depending on your area of reporting speciality. Each PgCert consists of two 30 credit modules which must be completed. You will usually take one year to complete each PgCert. The PgCert awards are:

• PgCert Adult Chest Clinical Reporting
• PgCert Musculoskeletal Clinical Reporting
• PgCert MRI Clinical Reporting.

You can also further study for a Postgraduate Diploma by completing 2 PgCerts or one PgCert and 60 credits of additional modules.

On completion of the Postgraduate Diploma, you may want to continue to an MSc award. This can be achieved by also completing the Leadership in Allied Health, Developing Allied Health Research and the Allied Health Dissertation modules.

The MSc incorporates the four pillars of advanced clinical practice, namely: specialist practice, leadership, education, and research.

Your future career

Successful completion of this course provides you with the skills and knowledge to enter or continue your career as an advanced practitioner or consultant within the radiography profession. By undertaking pathways in our Clinical Reporting course, you will be equipping yourself for roles at enhanced level practice, and with further modules at advanced level practice.

By ensuring that you continue to develop and apply skills encompassing the four pillars of advanced practice you could subsequently build upon this towards a role as a consultant practitioner.

Industry links

The Society & College of Radiographers (SCoR) recognises the considerable workforce challenges faced by the diagnostic pathway in the NHS. They acknowledge that radiographer reporting makes a significant contribution to meeting the increasing service demands and supports rapid access to diagnostics.

Increasing the number of radiographers undertaking postgraduate Clinical Reporting courses can help to address the workforce needs to achieve the early diagnosis aims of the NHS Long Term Plan making this programme key for future workforce delivery. The complementary expertise of clinical radiologists and reporting radiographers can be used to continue to enhance imaging services.

As a student on this course you can be part of this transformation of imaging services whilst developing your career.

20% Alumni Discount

We offer alumni discounts on CCCU Postgraduate Taught, PGCE Primary and Secondary, and Master's by Research courses for eligible students.

Visit the Clinical Reporting - MSc, PgDip, PgCert page on the Canterbury Christ Church University website for more details!

Information for international students

Canterbury Christ Church University welcomes applications from International Students. For more information please visit our website.

Fees and funding

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