BSc Hons Therapeutic Radiography Extended at University Of Portsmouth
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009UCAS Code/Course code:B828
Mode of study: Full time
Duration: 4 YEARS
Entry Requirements: 220 points to include 180 points from either 2 A Levels or 1 Double Award A Level. All applicants are subject to interview. All offers are subject to Criminal Record Bureau clearance and Occupational Health clearance.
Radiography is the controlled use of ionising and other radiations as an adjunct to medicine. This can either be as a treatment for some cancers (radiotherapy) or as an aid to diagnosis (diagnostic radiography). The professional staff practising in these fields are called radiographers; their daily work revolves around the interface of medical technology, medicine and people.
Diagnostic radiography accounts for about 85 per cent of all radiographers and is practised in virtually every hospital in the UK. Therapeutic radiography is centred in large population specialist centres for the treatment of cancer. Radiography in all its aspects is central to the Government’s plans for the future of the NHS and at present there is a national shortage of both types of radiographer.
The University of Portsmouth has offered degrees in both diagnostic and therapeutic radiography since 1989 – in fact we were the first university ever to run a radiography degree programme. Most of our students follow a three-year route, but there is a four-year programme (successful completion of ‘year 0’ allows direct entry to the three-year programmes). This route is mainly intended for those from a non science background. Both courses are delivered on a full-time basis.
Our extended programmes
The radiography extended programme is four years in length and is designed for those who do not meet the normal entry requirements to our three-year BSc (Hons) Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiography programmes.
There are limited places on the course and preference is normally given to those who have not studied science subjects at A Level, but meet the normal entry point score for the three-year programme.
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