Swansea University 2023 Undergraduate Prospectus

HEALTHCARE SCIENCE (RADIOTHERAPY PHYSICS) SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS

HEALTH STUDIES (Complete University Guide 2022) IN THE UK 6 TH

This course will give you the expert training you need to begin a rewarding and highly skilled career in the healthcare profession as a dosimetrist in radiotherapy physics. The course combines in-depth academic work with practical, clinical applications in our state-of-the-art facilities and build your skills on work and technological skills in a range of specialised healthcare settings.

NOTUITIONFEES: UKstudents**

Apply for an enhanced support package through the NHS Wales Bursary Scheme. (**conditions apply)

Radiotherapy Physics is a vital field of medicine requiring a high level of responsibility and technical skill. As a radiotherapy physicist/radiotherapy physics technologist, you will work as part of a team to develop individual treatment plans for people with cancer and be responsible for the precise calibration and use of sophisticated

Year 2 • Instrumentation Signal Processing and Imaging • Medical Equipment Lifecycle • Medical Imaging • Non-ionising Radiation and Physiological Measurements • Practice of Radiation Protection Year 3 • R esearch Project • Practice of Radiotherapy Physics • Professional Practice • Radiobiology and Clinical Radiotherapy Physics

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radiotherapy equipment. You will learn about using

TYPICAL OFFER: BBB (to include Maths or Physics)

radiotherapy to treat various cancers. You will combine in-depth academic work with practical clinical and technological skills in a range of specialised healthcare settings. Our excellent facilities include a realistic clinical suite so you can put your theoretical knowledge into practice in an environment that reflects as closely as possible the actual conditions that you will experience when you go on placement. TYPICAL MODULES INCLUDE: Year 1 • Anatomy and Physiology • M athematics and Physics for Healthcare Science • Informatics and Statistics • P athophysiology • Scientific Basis of Medical Physics

Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 160) †

BSc Single Honours ▲ Healthcare Science

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(Radiotherapy Physics)

FUTURE CAREERS: The NHS starting salary for clinical dosimetrists is around £25,654, rising to £45,838. On graduation, you will be eligible to apply for membership of the regulatory body, the Register of Clinical Technologists, and enter the workplace as an independent practitioner. ▲ 3 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page

Accreditations include:

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