NUCLEAR MEDICINE, RADIOTHERAPY PHYSICS, RADIATION PHYSICS SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
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GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY* (DLHE 2018)
These degrees will give you the expert training you need to begin a rewarding, responsible and highly skilled career working as a medical physics technologist, a dosimetrist in radiotherapy physics or a radiation physicist. Each of these courses combine in-depth academic work with practical, clinical and technological skills in a range of specialised healthcare settings.
NOTUITIONFEES: UKandEUstudents**
Apply for an enhanced support package through the NHS Wales Bursary scheme. (**conditions apply) swansea.ac.uk/student-loans-
On our Nuclear Medicine course, you will learn about using isotopes and radiation to diagnose and treat diseases. As a medical physics technologist, you will be operating, maintaining, and monitoring equipment used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Radiotherapy Physics teaches you how to use radiotherapy to treat various cancers. As a radiotherapy physicist, you will work as part of a team to develop treatment plans and be responsible for the use of sophisticated radiotherapy equipment. On our Radiation Physics course, you will learn about the clinical uses of x-rays, radioactive materials, lasers, and ultraviolet radiation in imaging patients and diagnosing and treating disease. As a radiation physicist, you will use sophisticated equipment to measure and calculate the doses of radiation received by patients during treatment. Many of our academic staff are practising clinicians, providing invaluable professional insight and expertise.
Our excellent on-campus facilities provide realistic workplace simulations, and you will spend around half of your course on clinical work placements throughout Wales, which will give you the practical skills you need to begin your career. AREAS STUDIED TYPICALLY INCLUDE: Year 1 • Anatomy and physiology for healthcare science • Basics of mathematics and physics for healthcare science • Pathophysiology for healthcare science • Scientific basis of medical physics Year 2 † • Instrumentation signal processing and imaging • Medical equipment lifecycle • Medical imaging • Non-ionising radiation and physiological measurements • Practice of radiation protection Year 3 † • Clinical indication, pathology and patient care • Healthcare science research project • Physics and instrumentation • Practice of radiotherapy physics • Radiobiology and clinical radiotherapy physics † Modules in years 2 and 3 are subject specific and vary by degree programme
and-grants/nhs-funding/ Global Opportunities available Full details available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
TYPICAL OFFER: BBB (to include Maths or Physics)
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
BSc Single Honours ▲ Healthcare Science (Nuclear Medicine) ▲ Healthcare Science ▲ Healthcare Science (Radiation Physics)
(Radiotherapy Physics)
▲ 3 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page
FUTURE CAREERS: Currently the NHS starting salary for Healthcare Scientists is £24,214 (Band 5). Typical career earnings go up to £43,772 however the maximum earning potential for a consultant in the NHS is £102,506. Salaries can vary significantly in the private sector.
ACCREDITATIONS INCLUDE:
*100% of Healthcare Science graduates are employed in a professional or managerial job 6 months after the course (Destination of Leavers from Higher Education 2018)
For more detailed course content, including a full module list, visit: swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses
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