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Key facts
This short full-time course offers Assistant Practitioners the opportunity to progress from Band 4 to Band 5 in their career. It’s a course which upon completion will allow you to gain entry to the final stage of a BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography course. By successfully completing the BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography course you will be eligible to apply for registration as a diagnostic radiographer.Currently the programme is restricted to level 5 qualified Assistant Practitioners in plain film radiography. However if you are an assistant practitioner qualified at a different level to this and would like to discuss your particular career aspirations, we would be happy to offer possible further training routes in conjunction with your employers.
University of Derby 's Assistant Practitioner To Radiographer programme will teach you more about this topic.
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Courses include:
- You’ll receive high quality teaching from friendly, supportive and enthusiastic staff, many of who are clinically and research active
- There are opportunities to study with your peers on the undergraduate diagnostic radiography course, and also with students from other pre-registration and graduate entry health and social care programmes
- The course focuses on key competences and the underpinning of core knowledge
- Upon completion, students may wish to continue on to the final year of the BSc Diagnostic Radiography programme which would be self-funded
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Duration
- Part-time
- 6 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
IELTS 6.5
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Credits
60 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Derby, United Kingdom
- Derby, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A foundation degree in radiographic practice
- IELTS at 6.5, you will need to be up to IELTS level 7.0 at the point of registration with the HCPC
- GCSE in Maths and English at grade C or above
- You must be in current employment as an Assistant Practitioner in radiography (general)
- You will be expected to produce a portfolio of evidence for radiographic skills
- You will need to complete a occupational health screening form
- You must be a UK resident, this course is not open to international applicants
- A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is required at the point of accepting a place at the University. The Disclosure and Barring Service was established when the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) merged in 2012 and will now provide the criminal records checking service for this programme
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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540 - 852 GBP /month
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