This module introduces you to the biopsychosocial, cognitive, political, economic, and medical factors which influence the health and wellbeing of individuals, diverse populations and communities. You’ll work with peers from other professions to consider how collaborative practice impacts on health and wellbeing outcomes, and helps you thrive in your own professional practice.  

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Models of care, support and empowerment 

• Social capital and cultural humility  

• Social accountability and determinants of health  

• Safeguarding practice  

• Public health agendas, inquiries and evidence-based reports  

• Building effective, trusting relationships   

• Community profiles and place-based care systems  

• Person-centred service delivery  

• Behaviour change and microaggressions 

• Diversity and inclusion 

• The effects of planetary health on wellbeing 

This module consolidates your progression to graduate-level study and professional practice, reflecting on your role as a professional who delivers safe and effective person-centred care. You’ll be supported to identify influencing factors on your professional practice – developing strategies which support you to thrive personally, professionally and academically. 

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Reflective practice and writing skills 

• Personal and professional development and identity 

• Emotional intelligence 

• Self-perception, privilege and introduction intersectionality and allyship  

• Self-management, feedback and leadership 

• Ethics in professional practice 

• Communication methods and techniques 

• Contemporary policy for professional practice 

• Teamwork and collaborating across professional boundaries 

• Personal behaviour and self-assessment techniques 

• The impact of behaviours, values, research and anti-oppressive and inclusive practice  

This module enables you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competent, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills. You’ll also explore the professional attitudes and behaviours expected within the boundaries of legal, ethical and professional frameworks, as required by the Health and Care Professions Council.   

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Effective communication skills with staff, service users and carers 

• Application of theory to practice  

• Surface and radiographic anatomy 

• Placement experiences to aid skills development for qualification 

• Recording of objectives and reflections on placements 

• Acting on feedback for skills development  

• Working within departmental treatment protocols, IR(ME)R, SCoR code of conduct and HCPC standards 

This module develops your understanding of anatomy, imaging, cancer and safe radiotherapy practice. You’ll explore the fundamentals of cancer principles, radiotherapy physics and patient-centred care – learning through a blend of in-person seminars and lectures, as well as remotely and independently.  

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Anatomy and radiographic image interpretation of key body systems  

• The professional requirements of a therapeutic radiographer  

Malignant disease, diagnosis and staging  

• Cancer management and treatment modalities 

• Radiotherapy treatment techniques and radiobiology 

• Management of oncological emergencies 

• Fundamental maths and physics  

• Interactions with matter and beam characteristics 

• X-ray production, the linear accelerator and radiation protection 

• Side effects and their management, including patient assessment and care planning 

• Communication, patient experience and inclusivity 

This module develops your understanding of the human body, managing cancer, radiotherapy techniques and the impact on patients. You’ll explore oncology treatment sites, patient management, technology and research – learning through a blend of in-person seminars and lectures, as well as remotely and independently. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Anatomy and radiographic image interpretation of key body systems  

• Skin, breast and prostate oncology, and radiobiology 

Patient wellbeing and the psychological impact of cancer 

• Superficial treatment modality  

• Radioactivity principles  

• Treatment planning, including AI, image registration and fusion 

• Dose calculations  

• Quality assurance and Linac verification  

• Image interpretation and decision-making  

Unconscious bias  

• Literature searching and referencing 

This module is your chance to apply your professional knowledge, skills and values in an integrated manner. You’ll work collaboratively with peers from other disciplines to assess, intervene and overcome the challenges of complex health and social care situations – supporting individuals, groups and communities.    

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Drivers for integrated and person-centred health and social care  

• Inter-professional teamworking across multiple service interfaces   

• Shared ethical decision-making, collaboration and co-production 

• Assessment, treatment planning, evaluation and risk management 

• The realities of living with long-term conditions and multi-morbidities  

• Mental capacity, best interest assessment, equality and reasonable adjustments  

• Resilience, communication, breaking bad news, difficult conversations   

• Interpersonal and systemic discrimination in health and social care 

• Inclusive language and terminology including challenging microaggressions  

• Technology-enabled care and digitalisation within integrated care systems

This module introduces you to research and enquiry design and methods. You’ll be able to apply them to an area of investigation – considering factors that impact on literature appraisal – preparing you to undertake and manage an investigation as a professional practitioner. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

• What makes a good question  

• Research design, types of evidence and suitability of methods 

• Co-production – patient and public involvement 

• Inclusive perspectives of research  

• Data collection methods, strengths and weaknesses 

• Analysis techniques 

• Usefulness/impact and implications for practice 

• Ethics and governance 

• Sample of existing appraisal tools 

• Searching and critically reviewing the literature  

Module Aim:  

The aim of this module is to enable you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competent, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills as well as professional attitudes and behaviours expected within the boundaries of legal, ethical and professional frameworks as required by the Health and Care Professions Council. 

In order to meet this aim you will address the following content:   

• Effective and efficient communication skills with staff, service users and carers. 

• Application of theory to practice including knowledge of surface and radiographic anatomy. 

• Varied experiences in placement to aid skill development for qualification. 

• Recording of objectives and reflections on placements. 

• Acting on feedback for skill development  

• Working within departmental treatment protocols, IR(ME)R, SCoR code of conduct and HCPC standards. 

Evaluate the management of cancer within the body systems studied and the role of imaging and radiotherapy planning. Appraise the oncology pathway ensuring a person centred approach to care. 

Indicative content:  

Oncology treatment sites 

• Urological  

• Lung  

• Pancreas 

• Liver 

• Lower digestive system 

Principles of operation and application of imaging modalities across the oncology pathway 

Radiotherapy technology including dose and fractionation, planning considerations and verification. 

You will do this through in person seminars and lectures, led by academic staff. You will also engage in remote and independent learning to enhance your learning and skill development and support digital enablement. 

This module evaluates the management of cancer within the body systems studied, exploring oncology treatment sites, radiotherapy technology and patient management. You’ll look at the impact of the disease and its management on wellbeing, evaluating the role of information and support strategies. 

You’ll study topics such as: 

Reproductive, nervous and mid digestive sites 

• Brachytherapy and treatment planning  

• Image interpretation and decision making 

• Stereo radiosurgery  

• Psychosexual impact (sex and intimacy) 

• Inclusive and personalised care  

• Principles of dosimetric verification 

• Informed consent and supporting service users in treatment decision making 

• An introduction to human factors

This module develops your systematic understanding of leadership and education concepts in practice. You’ll critically reflect on these in the context of collaboration within health and social care practice – considering how you can effectively support people who use services, their carers and families, and communities who have complex health and care needs to thrive.  

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Differences between management, leadership and the role of the critical follower 

• Leadership theories, models and styles most relevant to health and social care  

• Self-awareness and seeing ourselves as leaders 

• Recognising our own personal impact, rank, power and privilege  

• Professional cultures, traditional hierarchies and becoming an agent of change  

• Leading psychologically safe, anti-racist and inclusive teams  

• Resilience, volatility and acknowledging the wellbeing needs of the workforce  

• Sustainable practice, quality improvement and leadership 

• Tackling inequalities in health and social care through advocacy and education 

• Technology-enabled care and digitalisation within integrated care systems 

This module enables you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competence, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills. You’ll also be able to show the professional attitudes and behaviours expected within the boundaries of legal, ethical and professional frameworks, as required by the HCPC. 

You’ll apply skills and learning such as: 

• Effective communication skills with staff, service users and carers 

• Application of theory to practice   

• Knowledge of surface and radiographic anatomy 

• Varied experiences to aid skills development for qualification 

• Recording of objectives and reflections on placements 

• Acting on feedback for skill development  

• Working within departmental treatment protocols, IR(ME)R, SCoR code of conduct and HCPC standards 

This module critically evaluates the management of cancer with contemporary technologies in the body systems studied. You’ll appraise service developments in treatment delivery and verification – learning through seminars and lectures, with remote and independent learning. 

You’ll study topics such as: 

Upper digestive and upper respiratory sites 

• Paediatric malignancies 

• Malignancies of bone and soft tissue  

• The lymphatic, haematological and endocrine systems 

• Treatment planning  

• Image interpretation and decision making  

• Human factors linked to incident reporting 

• Application of adaptive RT  

• Clinical use of the MR Linac  

• Future directions of cancer care 

This module enables you to critically evaluate practices aimed at improving the personalised care and survivorship experiences of people affected by cancer. You’ll learn through seminars and lectures,  with remote and independent learning. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Principles of supportive cancer care 

• Survivorship care and living well with and beyond cancer 

• Quality of life, impact of cancer and patient assessment 

• Pre-habilitation, care during treatment, rehabilitation 

• Symptom management and supported self-management 

• Impact of physical activity 

• Late effects and late effects services 

• Signposting skills 

• Patient education and provision of healthy living information 

• Reflecting on efficacy of communication skills to support behavioural change 

This module enables you to undertake a sustained, in-depth piece of independent learning, demonstrating a critical understanding and applying appropriate research methods within a piece of work. This work will challenge and contribute to improvements in areas of practice through the dissemination of findings to professional communities. 

You’ll apply learning and skills such as:  

• An individual independent project/dissertation 

• Creating and contributing to research and evaluation for practice 

• Application of approaches to research 

• Research, improvement and evaluation methodologies 

• Addressing inclusivity in your research process 

• Dissemination of project outcomes 

• Challenges in applying research outcomes to practice