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Core units:

Cross-sectional Imaging 1 (MRI):听Medical imaging and therapeutic departments are advancing at a very fast pace in terms of technology and clinical need. Within this context, an appreciation of the technical and clinical principles required for efficient service delivery is important. You鈥檒l learn the physical principles, specific imaging techniques, basic imaging anatomy and recognition of common clinical abnormalities when using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. The unit will also help you to critically explore clinical, research and technological advancements as well as critique future developments in the field of MRI practice.

Cross-sectional Imaging 2 (CT):听You鈥檒l learn the physical principles, specific imaging techniques, basic imaging anatomy and recognition of common clinical abnormalities when using computed tomography (CT) techniques. The unit will also help you to critically explore clinical, research and technological advancements as well as critique future developments in the field of CT practice.

Research Methods for Health & Social Care:听The aim of this unit is to enable you to critically appraise the merits of various research methods in addressing health and social care questions. You鈥檒l become familiar with common methodological approaches to research and will gain an understanding of the principles that underpin commonly used methods of data analysis and interpretation.

Managing People:听The unit aims to develop your knowledge, skills and understanding of the theories and practices of organisational behaviour, especially in the area of people management, and how this can effectively contribute to positive organisational outcomes.

Leadership Essentials:听Organisational life is increasingly complex in modern work settings. Within this context, effective leadership is necessary to achieving set objectives. The unit aims to provide a critical understanding of leadership theory and how it relates to practice in a variety of organisational settings. You will develop greater self-awareness through reflexivity and working with teams, combined with a theoretical understanding including emotional intelligence, resilience and well-being.

Dissertation:听The dissertation project is a student-managed piece of work that is undertaken with guidance from academic supervisors. The unit encourages you to draw on prior learning and aims to develop your ability for independent study and project management, expanding your knowledge and/or practice in a complex professional context.

Option听units (choose one):

Foundations of Health Information Systems:听This unit aims to help you learn the fundamentals of health information systems by introducing the key concepts, principles, processes and related issues, and carrying out relevant activities in the analysis and design of health information systems. Besides, the unit will cover health data generation, compilation, analysis, synthesis, communication and analytics. You will develop an understanding of the legal and ethical issues surrounding the implementation of health information systems and the use of electronic health data.

Systematic Reviewing to Inform Practice:听Having an understanding of the existing research literature allows you to place your research study in context. This unit will help you develop skills in searching for relevant research publications as well as extracting and synthesising data before interpreting and reporting findings in a systematic manner.

Cross-Sectional Imaging III (Medical Ultrasound):听This听unit aims to provide you with the fundamentals of physical principles, imaging techniques, basic imaging anatomy, common clinical abnormalities, and governance principles of medical ultrasound. This unit will also support you to critically explore the research, professional and technological advancements in the field of medical ultrasound.

Please note: students are required to complete all core units, plus one optional unit.

The MSc Medical Imaging with Management programme involves some hours of supervised practice/simulation to observe advanced imaging procedures at the Institute of Medical Imaging & Visualisation 鈥� Lansdowne Campus.

Programme specifications provide definitive records of the university鈥檚 taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a 蜜桃AV Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please听contact us听for assistance.

A Bachelors Honours degree with at least 2:2 in a required subject, or equivalent. Appropriate professional qualifications with significant work experience would be considered e.g. Diploma of the college of radiographers.

Required subject:听Radiography听(diagnostic or therapy), sonography, medical physics/engineering/medicine, biomedical/biological/physical sciences. Other healthcare professionals will also be considered.听 听

If you lack the formal academic qualifications needed to enter a postgraduate or post-experience degree, there are several alternative routes to follow - some based on experience. Contact the Future Students Enquiry Team for more information.

You can find details of the international qualifications we accept, and what level of study they apply to, on our听entry requirements for non-UK students' page.

Please see below some examples of the qualifications for entry:

• India: Bachelor鈥檚 degree (4 years) from a recognised HE institution with a minimum overall result of 55%
• Nigeria:听 Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution with a minimum classification of 2:4
• Thailand:听 Thai Bachelor's (Honours) degree from a recognised higher education institution with a minimum GPA of 2.5/4.0
• Turkey: Bachelor鈥檚 degree (Lisans Diplomasi - four years) with a minimum overall GPA of 2.3/4.0
• Ghana: Bachelor's degrees from University of Ghana or Legon with a grade of 2.00 or above, or from Cape Coast with a grade 2.5 or above听听
• USA: US Bachelor鈥檚 degree (four years), with a 2.5 GPA or above
• Vietnam:听 Bachelor's degree/Bang tot nghiep dai hoc with an average score of 6.5/10, or a Master鈥檚 degree/Thac si.

All applications will be subject to a minimum grade and your degree may need to be in a relevant subject area.

English language requirements听

If English is not your first language, you will need to provide evidence that you understand English to a satisfactory level. English language requirements for this course are normally:

IELTS (Academic) 6.5 with minimum 6.0听in each component,听or听equivalent.

View听further information about our English language requirements.

offers a number of and to prepare international students for postgraduate study at 蜜桃AV. Admission to the degree is guaranteed on successful completion of your course to the required level.听

This course is designed to suit the progression and career development of allied health professionals (e.g., Diagnostic Radiographers, Radiotherapists, sonographers), medical physicists, engineers, scientists (e.g., biomedical/medical/biological/physical), psychologists and medical students wishing to intercalate and prepare for a career in radiology. Other healthcare professionals 听and those with significant clinical and/or industrial experience in the field of medical imaging will also be considered. Appropriate professional qualifications e.g., Diploma of the College of Radiographers will be considered.

We鈥檒l be selecting the candidates for this course by looking at their applications 鈥� normally there are no interviews, however students with non-standard entry criteria may be asked for a telephone or face to face interview. Make sure your application really stands out from the crowd, and leave us in no doubt as to why you should be joining 蜜桃AV. For more information, take a look at our post-graduate how to apply pages.

Please see our website for the application deadlines. You should apply as early as possible to be considered for your course of choice.鈥疘f you require a student visa, apply for the visa as soon as you have an unconditional offer and receive your CAS.鈥疶here may be delays in visa processing in your country and you need to be in Bournemouth ready to study for the start of term.

Click the green 鈥楢pply now鈥� button to submit your application free of charge online through myHub, our application portal. You will create your own myHub account so that you can track the progress of your application. Don鈥檛 forget to save your application as you go; you can return to it at as many times as you want before you submit it.听The form is split into tabbed sections. As you complete each of the tabbed sections they will turn green; only click submit once all of your tabs are highlighted green.

What's included in your tuition fee?

Your tuition fee covers expenses associated with your course including tuition materials, access to facilities, mandatory field trips and the following:

• Support for finding placements (UK or abroad) and fieldwork, and non-financial support whilst on placement听if this is part of your course of study.
• A range of student services 鈥� advisors, help desks, counsellors, placement support and careers service.
• Access to Brightspace, our virtual learning environment, which offers a responsive and personalised learning experience with powerful learning analytics capabilities, intregrated social media and advanced video features.
• The Library 鈥� access to a wide range of electronic resources (databases, e-journals and e-books), print and multimedia collections, subject librarians and study spaces.
• IT labs (some open 24/7), wireless network, AV equipment to borrow.
• Free software download to your personal device of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus while you are studying, as well as access to applications provided on AppsAnywhere, subject to licensing and compatibility restrictions.
• Disability and additional learning support, according to individual circumstances.
• The 蜜桃AV Language Centre to help you develop/improve foreign or English language skills.
• 24 hours a day, 365 days a year security team.

Additional costs

We are committed to offering you value for money and ensuring there are no hidden costs while you are studying with us, therefore we have listed below any additional costs you may incur that are not covered by your tuition fee:

• Laptops, tablets and mobile devices听and any software used on personal devices. Access to a personal computer is strongly recommended for your study. If you are experiencing financial difficulty, visit our website for information regarding hardship funds.
• Textbooks, general stationery and other supplies. Our award-winning library is stocked with a large range of text books and online resources, free of charge. The Students鈥� Union shops stock a wide range of stationery supplies on both campuses.
• Accommodation and living costs. Please visit our website for more information.
• Travel costs,听for optional field trips, outdoor wear and footwear for mandatory and optional field trips (if applicable).
• Travel costs to and from the University campus. An annual bus pass is included in your rent if you are living in halls of residence/Unilet accommodation or may be purchases separately.
• You will need to meet the cost of any Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if required by your placement setting, including any Post Office or Digital ID verification charges.
• Travel costs to and from your placement (both in the UK and overseas) if this is part of your course of study. Placement year funding can be found on our website.
• Sports蜜桃AV membership.

While all aspects of the programme, including required field trips, are included in the fee, additional, optional or extra curricula activities may be available for which a student contribution is required.

If you need to repeat one or more units during the course of your studies (with or without attendance) the pricing will be pro-rata of the full time fee.

We offer a range of听scholarships and bursaries听to eligible students who are beginning their studies at 蜜桃AV. Please visit for听details on living costs, budgeting and paying your tuition fees.

International (not Rep. of Ireland) students need to pay a non-refundable deposit to secure their place on a postgraduate course. For September 2024 and January 2025 entry, a 拢5,000 deposit is required. You will need to pay your deposit by the date stated in your offer letter. The remainder of your fee will be payable on registration/enrolment. There are two exceptions to the non-refundable rule on the deposit:

• You fail to meet the academic or English requirements of your offer
• You are refused a visa to enter the UK, provided the reason for the refusal is not a fraudulent application.

If you want to continue your studies after achieving your Master鈥檚, you can look into our range of听doctoral programmes.

Dr Akudjedu is an Associate Professor and Director for the MSc Medical Imaging with Management Programme at the Institute of Medical Imaging and Visualisation, 蜜桃AV. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Ghana (BSc Diagnostic Radiography) and postgraduate degrees from King's College London (MSc Neuroimaging) and the University of Galway (PhD Medicine). Dr Akudjedu is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (AdvanceHE) which demonstrates his continuing professional development and professionalism in teaching and the support of student learning, as well as his desire to develop and promote excellence in education. He investigated the progression of neuroanatomical abnormalities in psychosis using magnetic resonance imaging for his postgraduate training. Prior to his postgraduate studies, Theo worked clinically as a diagnostic radiographer in some of Ghana's busiest urban and rural hospitals.

Yumei Yang is a lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour at the 蜜桃AV Business School. Her current research interests are organizational routines and organizational learning. Particularly, she is interested in evaluating how organizational defensive routines affect organizational life, such as organizational performance, organizational learning and job satisfaction. During her PhD, she developed a scale to measure organizational defensive routines. Her current study is to explore whether these kind of routines are more prevalent in Chinese culture than they are in the UK.