Radiography
Postgraduate
Diploma in Mammography
Entry Requirements
:
Postgraduate
Certificate in Mammography
Current
employment in a clinical environment offering mammography experience
Duration: 1
year part-time (minimum)
Outcomes: PgDip
Award Co-ordinator:
Christine Blyth
Tel:
0131 4740000
Email: cblyth@qmu.ac.uk
The
course has been designed to provide a coherent programme of education
for radiographers in the breast imaging service to extend their
professionalism and enhance their professional practice. This course
is operated in collaboration with the Scottish Breast Screening
Programme and has been approved by the of Radiographers.
Course
Aims
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To enhance
the student's supervisory skills and awareness of the clinical
environment.
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To enhance
the knowledge base to enable dissemination of a culture which
will integrate theory with practice.
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To nurture
the development of learning organisations.
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To develop
an understanding of the practical measures to deal with the issues
involved in delivering service quality improvements focused on
the needs of patients and carers but beneficial to the department
and staff.
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To develop
a high level of expertise in mammographic film interpretation,
thus enabling the practitioner to participate in the diagnosis
and assessment of breast disease.
Structure
The part-time
Postgraduate Diploma course will involve both attendance at QMU
and distance learning. Students are required to undertake further
study equivalent to four modules.
A requirement
of the Master's programme is that a student must have undertaken
the equivalent of one Masters Level module in Research Methods to
be eligible for a Postgraduate Diploma. The other three modules
are to be selected from an approved list.
Teaching and Assessment
As this course
places the student at the centre of the learning process, you will
be expected to take overall responsibility for you learning. The
teaching and learning strategies are designed to enable independent
progress within a supportive framework.
Your performance
on the Postgraduate Diploma course will be assessed by presentation,
portfolio, image interpretation and essay.
Progression
Students completing this
course will be able to pursue further Masters level modules.
To progress to
a full Masters degree a student must undertake a minimum of two
Research modules and a dissertation.
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