PgCert Clinical Reporting at Canterbury Christ Church University

Programme overview

Advance your expertise in clinical reporting and prepare for advanced and consultant-level practice in radiography with this innovative and professionally focused course. Designed in collaboration with healthcare providers, this MSc Clinical Reporting will enable you to develop specialist skills across a range of clinical reporting areas, including musculoskeletal, chest, abdomen, and selected MRI examinations, whilst offering flexibility to tailor your learning to local or specialist service needs.

Faculty: School of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied and Public Health | Department: Healthcare, Public Health and Social Care | Duration: 1 year (Part-time PGCert (Musculoskeletal)); 1 year (Part-time PGCert (MRI Brain reporting)); 1 year (PGCert (MRI)) | Study mode: part-time | Intake: January 2027, May 2027, September 2027 | Location: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Produce accurate, evidence-based clinical reports across a range of imaging modalities. Apply critical analysis and ethical reasoning to evaluate complex professional and legal issues in radiographic practice. Core modules include Year 1: MRI Reporting 1, MRI Reporting 2, Musculoskeletal Reporting 1, Musculoskeletal Reporting 2, Adult Chest Reporting 1, Adult Chest Reporting 2; Year 2: Leadership in Allied Health, Developing Allied Health Research, Allied Health Dissertation. Optional modules include Bespoke Clinical Reporting, MRI Brain Reporting, MRI Breast Reporting, Abdomen Clinical Reporting, Education in Allied Health, Artificial Intelligence in Imaging.

Career pathways

Successful completion of this course provides you with the skills and knowledge to enter or continue your career as an advanced practitioner or consultant within the radiography profession. By undertaking pathways in our Clinical Reporting course, you will be equipping yourself for roles at enhanced level practice, and with further modules at advanced level practice.

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Entry requirements

Degree at 2.2 or above or Professional Diploma in Radiography or its equivalent in a relevant discipline. You should have at least one year of professional registration to practice in radiography or a related discipline. You will be working in a relevant field of radiographic practice and will have sufficient access to the relevant range of clinical practice to support your studies. You must be supported by your employer and two referees, one of whom is a consultant radiologist or experienced reporting radiographer prepared to act as a mentor. If English is not your first language you require an IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no element below 5.5 for most standard undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Intake: January 2027, May 2027, September 2027

Duration: 1 year (Part-time PGCert (Musculoskeletal)); 1 year (Part-time PGCert (MRI Brain reporting)); 1 year

Apply through the official page: https://studentrecords.canterbury.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=D01PPCDIMG001&code2=0002

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