Advanced Radiotherapy and Oncology Practice

Entry requirements

You will need to be registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) (or equivalent professional registration).

The normal entry requirements for the programme are:

• An honours degree in Radiography and normally be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council or have acceptable qualifications in a related health profession.
• Candidates will normally have some relevant clinical practice experience subsequent to qualification.
• Where appropriate, candidates require employment in, or access to an appropriate clinical site whilst enrolled on the programme. Students are responsible for securing an appropriate clinical placement.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The Advanced Radiotherapy and Oncology practice pathway specialises in the field of radiotherapeutic practice. Many of the options develop competencies for advanced practice such as in the palliative care and breast localisation modules. The programme is designed to enhance your current knowledge and understanding and give you opportunities to challenge and critically evaluate your professional practice.

Additionally, this programme aims to enable students to:

• critically analyse and evaluate the evidence base and current developments in practice and to propose new explanations and apply these where appropriate
• demonstrate initiative, originality, leadership and self-reflection in decision making and to propose new explanations and apply these where appropriate
• demonstrate a patient centred approach to radiographic practice that values everyone enhancing the quality of the patient experience and improving patient outcomes