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Module

MPY8010 : Imaging with Ionising Radiation 2

  • Offered for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Ms Elizabeth Jefferson
  • Lecturer: Mr Josh Kirby, Mr Joe Spoor, Dr Stephen Hobson, Mr David McCulloch, Mr Nicholas Vennart, Dr Kevin Robson
  • Owning School: School of Medical Education
  • Teaching Location: Mixed Location
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 30
ECTS Credits: 15.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

This module provides the student with the knowledge that underpins the specialist practice in Imaging with Ionising Radiation in the third year of MSc and gives the student the tools to undertake learning in the workplace.

Outline Of Syllabus

Radiopharmaceuticals manufacture and production
Patient safety and dose calculations
Design of imaging facilities
Image quantification and analysis
Safety of radioactive materials
Unsealed Source Therapy
IT and networking

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion351:0035:00Written exam and coursework
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion101:0010:00Formative assessments
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture251:0025:00Present in person: Lectures/demonstrations/visits
Structured Guided LearningLecture materials81:008:00Non-synchronous online: ReCap/voice over.PPT
Structured Guided LearningAcademic skills activities101:0010:00Non-synchronous online: guided critical reading and maths problems
Guided Independent StudyDirected research and reading251:0025:00Independent and self-directed research: module reading list
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching51:005:00Present in person: Tutorials/debates/problem based learning/scenario practice/student led learning
Guided Independent StudyStudent-led group activity151:0015:00Group work by students
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study1671:00167:00N/A
Total300:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lecture materials will be the main vehicle for the delivery of the scientific and mathematical principles and legal framework behind the safe and legal production of radiopharmaceuticals, tracer kinetics, physiological and pathological processes giving rise to image findings and the consequences of the result of the procedure to the patient’s overall clinical management, safety and management in the use of ionising radiation in a variety of clinical applications, including dose determination and optimisation, designing radiation facilities and the process of commissioning new specialised equipment. Understanding is further developed in the workplace through directed reading and independent study. The student’s critical understanding will be developed through tutorials and the use of case studies/problem based learning.

Small group teaching will be used to explore complex topics, supported by student clinical problem based learning.

Academic skills activities support students to develop the skill to select and justify, in a range of clinical situations, the application of scientific and technical principles to develop and deliver solutions.

Small group teaching and coursework will further develop critical understanding, appraisal and analysis skills.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination901A50Unseen written (closed book) PIP exam. To pass this module candidates must achieve a mark of at least 50% in the exam.
Exam Pairings
Module Code Module Title Semester Comment
Radiotherapy Physics 21N/A
Radiation Safety Physics 21N/A
Imaging with Non Ionising Radiation 21N/A
Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written exercise1M502,800 words essay
Formative Assessments

Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.

Description Semester When Set Comment
Written exercise1MExample examination. Students are invited to sit in examination conditions after which feedback is provided.
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The student’s knowledge, critical understanding and ability to apply developed skills relating to mathematical and scientific principles and processes behind the safe and legal production of radiopharmaceuticals within a legislative framework, tracer kinetics, physiological and pathological processes giving rise to image findings and the consequences of the result of the procedure to the patient’s overall clinical management, safety and management in the use of ionising radiation in a variety of clinical applications, including dose determination and optimisation, designing radiation facilities and the process of commissioning new specialised equipment, will be tested in the essay and written examination.

In order to pass this module, candidates must achieve a mark of at least 50% in the written examination.

If the public health situation requires a pivot to remote assessment, then the examination will be delivered remotely.

Reading Lists

Timetable