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Medical Imaging (MSc, PgDip, PgCert)

Institution
Keele University · School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Qualifications
MSc, PgDip, PgCert
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Entry requirements

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Months of entry

January

Course content

Advance your radiography career with Keele’s MSc Medical Imaging, a cutting-edge programme designed to keep your expertise current and prepare you for the future. Offering pathways in General Medical Imaging and specialist ultrasound routes in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, and Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma, (FAST) this flexible programmes supports your progression toward enhanced, advanced, and consultant-level roles. You’ll gain the specialist knowledge, critical insight, and practical skills needed to excel in the dynamic field of medical imaging.

Why study Medical Imaging at Keele University?
  • Two distinct pathways in General Medical Imaging and specialist ultrasound
  • Programme fits within the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) Education and Career Framework document
  • Develop your expertise academically, professionally, and personally while expanding your scope in medical imaging
  • Gain versatile, career-focused skills to improve clinical services
  • Radiography at Keele is a partner in the University Hospital North Midlands Imaging Training Academy (MITA), a national initiative focusing on upskilling the imaging workforce.
Course summary
Are you a radiographer, radiologist, healthcare professional, or professional affiliated to medical imaging, e.g. physiotherapist, emergency physician or advanced clinical practitioner looking to enhance your expertise? Our MSc Medical Imaging will equip you with knowledge of advanced imaging techniques, research methods, and evidence-based clinical practice to support your progress toward consultant practitioner roles. We offer two different routes - General Medical Imaging and specialist ultrasound pathways in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma. All routes follow the same overarching structure. CASE accreditation is currently being sought for the specialist ultrasound pathways in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma.
Aligned with the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) education and career framework, our curriculum’s core modules focus on transitioning into advanced practice, developing your clinical and development portfolio, and enhancing your research skills. The programme covers anatomy, pathology, physiology, and the physical principles of medical imaging, enabling you to adapt to a wide range of imaging procedures.
You will deepen your understanding of the key scientific principles and concepts that underpin specific areas of medical imaging, advance your imaging procedures and techniques, and apply these within a clinical setting. In addition, you will enhance your ability to critically appraise research evidence, improve patient care and service delivery, and contribute to the development of service improvements.
A range of optional modules cover a range of related themes to broaden your knowledge, including digital technologies and innovation within public health, leading and complexity, how policy is shaped within healthcare practice, children and medicine, and clinical effectiveness.
With a flexible delivery mode, we blend online learning with real-world clinical application, and you’ll develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning together with leadership capabilities, skills which are essential for your career progression.

Information for international students

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Fees and funding

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Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • MSc, PgDip, PgCert
    part time
    36 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    flexible
    60 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Part time 3 years / Modular - up to 5 years

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