MSc/PgDip Nuclear Medicine Imaging
- Part-time study available
- Distance Learning
This course prides itself on the quality of the learning experience of students using a blended approach to learning with lectures, seminars, online learning and group work.
Interaction between students and tutors is achieved through email and a virtual learning environment (BlackBoard). Here, discussion boards, online lectures and learning material can be accessed.
Your online element of the course will include podcasts and videos.
Assessment
Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine
- Case study (60%)
- Critical review of Local Risk assessments (40%)
Advanced concepts of Nuclear Medicine
- Review article discussing the role of nuclear medicine in disease diagnosis and/or treatment and/or follow-up (60%)
- Assignment discussing role development and advanced practice in nuclear medicine (40%)
Hybrid Imaging in Nuclear Medicine
- Technical discussion of hybrid imaging (40%)
- Portfolio of clinical learning (60%)
Clinically based practices in Nuclear Medicine
- Objective structured clinical examination (70%)
- Portfolio of clinical learning and experience (30%)
Staff Profile
Andrew Tootell Course leader.
Andrew is course leader for the Nuclear Medicine Imaging course since August 2009. He is a qualified radiographer and has worked in a number of large radiology departments in the Northwest. He gained his MSc in 2004 from the University of Salford.
As well as working full-time at the University, Andrew continues to maintain his clinical skills in nuclear medicine and radiography.
Andrew is currently working towards his PhD where he is investigating the radiation dose associated with low dose CT scanning that is carried out as part of SPECT-CT examinations.
He has a number of publications to his name in the field of radiography, radiography education and nuclear medicine and has presented at number of national and international conferences.