Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 20 credits
This module provides trainees with the underpinning scientific knowledge and practical skills to safely and competently use ultrasound instrumentation. This module delivers a baseline knowledge that underpins the specialist areas of the physics of ultrasound, technology in vascular science, haemodynamics of the peripheral vascular system and safety.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides students with the underpinning scientific and clinical knowledge, as well as the practical skills required, to assess and interpret extracranial vascular ultrasound investigations; to safely contribute to the diagnosis and screening of peripheral vascular disease (macro and microvascular), abdominal aortic aneurysms and intracranial lesions (for sickle cell).
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module provides the underpinning knowledge and understanding required for gastrointestinal (GI) physiology.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides students with the knowledge that underpins the third year specialist module in urodynamic science aswell as the underpinning knowledge to undertake learning in the workplace. This is a predominantly clinical module with the emphasis on the place of Lower Urinary Tract Investigation within the wider clinical patient pathway. Students will acquire a knowledge of how Urodynamics and affiliated investigations contribute to overall patient management. The students will be taught how to critically appraise a clinical paper.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides the trainee with the knowledge that underpins the specialist practice in Imaging with Ionising Radiation in the third year of MSc and gives the trainee the tools to undertake learning in the workplace.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 20 credits
This module provides students with the knowledge required to underpin the third year specialist module in respiratory and sleep science. It also provides students with the knowledge to undertake project based learning in the workplace.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module provides the trainee with the knowledge that underpins the radiotherapy physics specialism in the second year of the Modernising Scientific Careers Scientist Training Programme and gives the trainee the tools to undertake project based learning in the workplace and meet the STP curriculum as approved by the Medical Education England Healthcare Science Programme Board.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
In this module, students develop a sophisticated understanding of global health issues and challenges, by ‘drilling down’ in detail, with specific attention to such topics as globalisation and health; maternal and child health; and health inequalities in global context.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module will provide trainees with underpinning knowledge of cardiac science, together with knowledge and understanding of resting and ambulatory electrocardiography and blood pressure measurement to enable them to perform the related cardiac investigations.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
To explore the contribution of epidemiology to understanding and addressing the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the UK and other industrialised countries. The module starts with a consideration of changes in demography and disease patterns that led to chronic non-communicable diseases becoming the predominant health problems in the UK and similar countries. It then considers the major determinants of those diseases, from underlying socio economic structures through to individual behaviours and genetic determinants.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module will provide an introduction to some fundamental concepts of economics that are relevant for healthy policy decision making and analysis. The first day will focus on how markets work, why they fail in healthcare and an introduction to health economics and economic evaluation. The three main types of economic evaluation (cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis and cost-benefit analysis), how and when they should be applied, and their pros and cons will be discussed.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module aims to provide students with an understanding of current global health issues, focusing mainly on developing countries and on the expanding range of actors in today's increasingly complicated health policy landscape. The module presents the challenges and opportunities in dealing with health and health care in the context of resource poor countries, whilst also interrogating the reasons that some settings are 'resource-poor' and others not. It will take an interdisciplinary approach and will utilize various perspectives including epidemiology, anthropology, clinical medicine, and political science.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module will provide trainees with the knowledge and understanding of vascular science and its importance in contributing to the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with a variety of vascular diseases.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 20 credits
This module provides the trainee with the knowledge that underpins the specialist practice in Imaging with Ionising Radiation in the second year of MSC and gives the trainee the tools to undertake project based learning in the workplace and meet the STP curriculum as approved by the Medical Education England Healthcare Science Programme Board.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module provides the underpinning knowledge aligned with the work based practical training programme in cardiac science. The module has three sections: non-invasive diagnostics, invasive diagnostics and therapeutic interventions. Within each of these areas, students gain an understanding of the techniques involved, as well as the ability to interpret results and write reports for a range of cardiac procedures.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
To understand ways of using routine information and applying epidemiological principles to practical public health problems. Content includes routine data sources, interpreting health information, uses of population and health related data for public health and health service planning, screening and basic principles of demography.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module introduces students to the key principles of public health protection, illustrated by reference to common communicable diseases and environmental hazards in the UK. Students will develop an understanding of major factors contributing to health protection risk, the fundamental principles of assessment and control of these risks. Local and national methods of surveillance will be described, including their application in monitoring patterns of illness in the population and identification of outbreaks of communicable disease. Examples of communicable disease outbreaks and environmental investigations will be used to illustrate the commonly used epidemiological methods and demonstrate the importance of partnership working in health protection.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module introduces key concepts underpinning health care quality. It covers the theory and practice of different approaches to quality improvement as well as the evidence base for and methods of evaluating approaches to improve the quality of health care. The module will place these topics within the context of several strategies employed to address quality within the British NHS, including: the Darzi review; safety improvement; clinical governance; and clinical guidelines.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module focuses on health inequalities within countries and responses to them. The module will be delivered through a series of interactive lectures and seminars, and draw on local, national and international case studies to illustrate the application of social theory, empirical health research, policy and practice in ‘real world’ settings. The module will begin with an overview of sociological ideas and perspectives as an introduction to the discipline. This will lead into discussion of the social context of health and health inequalities at macro and micro sociological levels. The case for an understanding of social factors in health, wellbeing and illness will be made by considering a range of social theories and social divisions (social class, gender, ethnicity, age).
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides students with the knowledge required to underpin the third year specialist module in respiratory and sleep science. It also provides students with the knowledge to undertake project based learning in the workplace.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides students with specialist knowledge in urodynamic science and also provides the knowledge required to undertake project-based learning.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides underpinning knowledge to support the work-based practical training element for students following an echocardiography specialist route.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 20 credits
This module provides the trainee with the knowledge that underpins the specialist practice in Imaging with Non Ionising Radiation in the second year of MSc and gives the trainee the tools to undertake project based learning in the workplace and meet the STP curriculum, as approved by the Medical Education England Healthcare Science Programme Board.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides the trainee with the knowledge that underpins the specialist practice in Radiation Safety in the third year of MSc and gives the trainee the tools to undertake learning in the workplace.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides the trainee with the knowledge that underpins the Radiotherapy Physics specialism in the third year of the MSc and gives the trainee the tools to undertake learning in the workplace.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module provides students with in-depth, case study-based understanding of social determinants of health, their contribution to health inequalities and the basis for developing policies and interventions to address social determinants of health. Emphasis is placed on research led teaching by leading authorities in the field.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 20 credits
The overall aim of this introductory module is to provide trainees with a broad knowledge and understanding of science and scientific knowledge, contextualised to the practice of healthcare science and the services provided by their specialism/division. Central to this is the contribution of healthcare science to patient care, patient safety, service delivery, research and innovation.
This module will build on the knowledge, skills and experience gained during undergraduate studies with learning developed and applied further in division and specialism specific modules.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module provides an opportunity for the student to develop their knowledge of clinical assessment techniques and gain a greater understanding of related diagnostic modalities, for example clinical imaging and pathology. Applications across a range of clinical settings, including critical care, will be explored and the trainee will gain insight into the interpretation and clinical decision making in the context of differential diagnosis.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides students with the knowledge that underpins the third year specialist module in urodynamic science aswell as the underpinning knowledge to undertake learning in the workplace. This is a predominantly clinical module with the emphasis on the place of Lower Urinary Tract Investigation within the wider clinical patient pathway. Students will acquire a knowledge of how Urodynamics and affiliated investigations contribute to overall patient management. The students will be taught how to critically appraise a clinical paper.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module provides the underpinning knowledge and understanding required for urodynamic
science.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module provides students with specialist knowledge in urodynamic science and also provides the knowledge required to undertake project-based learning.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 30 credits
This module provides the student with a higher specialised body of knowledge and practical competency to underpin the specialist practice of upper gastrointestinal (GI) physiology.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 10 credits
This module will provide an introduction to some fundamental concepts of economics that are relevant for healthy policy decision making and analysis. The first day will focus on how markets work, why they fail in healthcare and an introduction to health economics and economic evaluation. The three main types of economic evaluation (cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis and cost-benefit analysis), how and when they should be applied, and their pros and cons will be discussed.
Accredited ModuleNewcastle UniversityLevel 7, 20 credits
This module provides the underpinning knowledge aligned with the work based practical training programme in cardiac science. The module has three sections: non-invasive diagnostics, invasive diagnostics and therapeutic interventions. Within each of these areas, students gain an understanding of the techniques involved, as well as the ability to interpret results and write reports for a range of cardiac procedures.