PgCert; PgDip; MSc RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

Overview

Mode	Duration	Start date	Application code	Application method
ModePgCert Level: Distance Learning - Part-time	Duration1-3 years	Start dateJanuary	Application code5070	Application method Direct to LSBU
ModePgDip Level: Distance Learning - Part-time	DurationMax of 5 years if participant wishes to undertake the top-up to MSc level	Start dateJanuary	Application codePlease apply to PgCert qualification as first step	Application method Direct to LSBU
ModeMSc Level: Distance Learning - Part-time	Duration1 year top-up to MSc (complete entire qualification within 6 year timeframe)	Start dateJanuary	Application codePlease apply to PgCert qualification as first step	Application method Direct to LSBU
ModeModular Employer-funded CPPD	DurationMax 6 years	Start dateJanuary	Application code	Application method CPPD prospectus
ModePgDip	Duration2 years	Start dateSeptember	Application code5180	Application method Direct to LSBU
ModeMSc	Duration3 years	Start dateSeptember	Application code5181	Application method Direct to LSBU

International students

The course is not currently open to international students.

International (non Home) applicants should follow our international how to apply guide.

Home/EU applicants

Mode	Duration	Start date	Application code	Application method
Mode PgCert Level: Distance Learning - Part-time	Duration 1-3 years	Start date January	Application code 5070	Application method Direct to LSBU
Mode PgDip Level: Distance Learning - Part-time	Duration Max of 5 years if participant wishes to undertake the top-up to MSc level	Start date January	Application code Please apply to PgCert qualification as first step	Application method Direct to LSBU
Mode MSc Level: Distance Learning - Part-time	Duration 1 year top-up to MSc (complete entire qualification within 6 year timeframe)	Start date January	Application code Please apply to PgCert qualification as first step	Application method Direct to LSBU
Mode Modular Employer-funded CPPD	Duration Max 6 years	Start date January	Application code	Application method CPPD prospectus
Mode PgDip	Duration 2 years	Start date September	Application code 5180	Application method Direct to LSBU
Mode MSc	Duration 3 years	Start date September	Application code 5181	Application method Direct to LSBU

All self-funding students should apply via UKPass Application Service.

CPPD applicants

Each module is available as CPPD to working healthcare professionals sponsored by their employer.

You can apply for the range of CPPD Health and Social Care courses on offer through our CPPD online prospectus where you can also browse through our programmes and modules. You can use the easy search facility or use one of the shortcuts to the professional groups. By clicking on the programme or module you are interested
in you will be shown information on the course itself, including dates delivered. You will also be able to apply online, with no need to fill out lots of paperwork. Apply within five minutes using our system, and if your employer has offered to fund you, our system will even get their authorisation before
your application is processed. Your application will be processed with ease and you will receive an e-mail at every step of the process.

Browse our online CPPD prospectus and apply now.

More information on UKPass Application Service

Full-time/part-time self-funding postgraduate students and research students apply through the UK Postgraduate and Statistical Service (UKPASS). Full details of how to do this are supplied on our How to apply section for postgraduate students and our How to apply section for research students.

Postgraduate applicants are required to provide up to two references as part of their application.

Accommodation

Students should apply for accommodation at London South Bank University (LSBU) as soon as possible, once we have made an offer of a place on one of our academic courses. Read more about applying for accommodation at LSBU.

Finance

It's a good idea to think about how you'll pay university tuition and maintenance costs while you're still applying for a place to study. Remember – you don't need to wait for a confirmed place on a course to start applying for student finance. Read how to pay your fees as a postgraduate student.

Prepare to start

We help our students prepare for university even before the semester starts. To find out when you should apply for your LSBU accommodation or student finance read the How to apply tab for this course.

Enrolment

Before you start your course we’ll send you information on what you’ll need to do before you arrive and during your first few days on campus. You can read about the process on our Enrolment pages.

This post-registration programme in Radiotherapy and Oncology is intentionally flexible; overall you'll need to complete to PgDip level within 5 years, so that you are able to complete to MSc level within 6 years. The course offers a wide variety of modules (all distance learning) that focus on current and future practice developments.

PgCert - 60 credits

• 60 credits made up of a selection of specialist modules
• Research in Health and Social Care – 20 credits (Optional – this can be chosen as an alternative to one of the specialist modules)

PgDip - 120 credits

• Research in Health and Social Care – 20 credits (Core)
• 100 credits made up of a selection of specialist modules
• A maximum of one non-specialist module may be selected as an alternative to one of the specialist modules

MSc - 180 credits

• Dissertation - 60 or 40 credits - (Core)
• Research in Health and Social Care – 20 credits (Core)
• 100 or 120 credits (depending on whether you choose 40 or 60 credit dissertation) made up of a selection of specialist modules
• A maximum of one non-specialist module may be selected as an alternative to one of the specialist modules

Module descriptions

Core modules

• Research in Health and Social Care – 20 credits
  The purpose of this module is to consolidate and extend your knowledge of research approaches and methods and enhance your ability to be a critical user of research evidence. We'll examine philosophical and theoretical perspectives underpinning health and social care research approaches including exploration of research design and key aspects of data gathering and interpretation of both qualitative and quantitative analyses. This module will develop your practical skills for identifying, critical reviewing and synthesising research evidence relevant to professional practice. Assessment: 4,000-word written assignment incorporating a detailed search strategy, a literature review and critical appraisal of the evidence in a clinically relevant topic of your choosing.
• Dissertation - 60 or 40 credits 
  This module enables you to plan and conduct an investigation of a topic that contributes to professional practice.  It provides the opportunity to apply an understanding of research methods to the investigation and allows demonstration of your ability to work with relative autonomy in undertaking a sustained, in-depth piece of independent learning. 

Specialist modules

• Clinical applications of radiotherapy treatment planning (20 credits)
  This module provides the students with knowledge and skills relevant to pre-treatment and treatment planning employed in the radiotherapy management of patients.
• Motion management in radiotherapy (20 credits)
  This module provides students with knowledge and skills relevant to motion management in radiotherapy from pre-treatment localisation, treatment planning, imaging and verification processes in cancer patients’ pathways.
• Radiotherapy patient on-treatment review (40 credits)
  This module is designed for therapeutic radiographers who undertake on treatment review of patients receiving radiotherapy and enables students to develop the underpinning knowledge and skills required to make accurate assessments of patients wellbeing in the context of radiotherapy treatment.
• Hybrid Imaging in Radiotherapy (20 credits)
  This module provides students with knowledge and skills relevant to the use of Hybrid imaging (e.g. PET/CT) within the radiotherapy localisation process.
• Image guided radiotherapy (20 credits)
  This module provides you with the knowledge and skills relevant to IGRT processes. You will be required to develop a critical awareness andunderstanding in image guided radiotherapy.
• MRI – clinical applications in radiotherapy (20 credits)
  This module provides students with knowledge and skills relevant to the use of MRI within the radiotherapy pathway.
• CT – clinical applications in radiotherapy (20 credits)
  This module provides students with knowledge and skills relevant to the use of CT within the radiotherapy pathway.
• Expert / specialist practice (20 credits)
  For the following sites: Breast cancer, Gynaecological cancer, Head and Neck cancer, Prostate cancer, Palliative care. These modules are designed for Therapeutic radiographers who wish to embark toward specialist and expert practice (for the sites listed above) and enables advancement of knowledge and understanding of the advanced practice framework.

Non-specialist modules

• Leadership and quality improvement for allied health professionals (20 credits)
  This module explores a range of leadership perspectives for AHPs, to develop leadership behaviours and change management skills. This module requires you to develop and present your own work-related quality improvement plan and submit a critical reflection, both of which are assessed components. 1: A 15-minute presentation, outlining a Quality Improvement plan and incorporating leadership approaches as part of implementation. 2: A 1,000-word academic reflection on your own learning in relation to leadership.
• An introduction to counselling skills for health and social care professionals (20 credits)
  This module offers health and social care professionals, working in a variety of settings, the opportunity to reflect upon and further develop counselling skills to address the on-going issues pertinent to the current client population. The module will consolidate learning utilising a variety of models which place patients, clients and carers at the centre of care, using theory and clinical experiences to inform practice.Learning and enhancing counselling skills will enable students to better manage resources and support clients through their experiences of changing health or social needs. Assessment: 4,000-word essay.
• Enhancing practice through work based learning (20 credits)
  This module allows you to investigate an area of your own choice, relevant to your field of practice. This module is delivered in the form of learning negotiated between the student, module co-ordinator and practice manager. You’ll develop a negotiated, study management plan with agreed outcomes (learning contract). The contract is largely student managed with tutorial support from the module co-ordinator. Learning contracts combine several elements of planning, especially setting objectives and outcomes, devising criteria and formulating action plans.
• Mentorship for the allied health professions (20 credits)
  This module will be of particular interest to allied health professionals involved in mentoring students or staff. The module incorporates theory and practice to develop mentorship skills (communication, goal setting, assessment, feedback, and reflection) and knowledge (learning styles and theories, learning environment, professional, personal and practice development). Anyone undertaking the module will be required to mentor a student or colleague to promote integration of theory and practice. Assessment: 4,000-word reflective account of the experience of mentoring a student or colleague.
• An introduction to teaching in higher education for allied health professionals (20 credits)
  This module will be of particular interest to those who are planning to work with students in higher education or who have an active interest in teaching in pre-registration allied health education. The module will critically examine a range of teaching and learning strategies and appropriate underlying educational theory. The module will acknowledge the learning experiences of students and will specifically address the diverse needs of the student population. You will discuss and evaluate the roles and skills of educators working in Universities and will have opportunity to prepare, plan and deliver a teaching session with students. Assessment: Part One: Taught session with lesson plan - pass/fail. Part Two: 2,000 word reflective evaluation - 100%.
• Innovation for excellence – leading service change (20 credits)
  Recent policy developments put innovation and quality improvement at the top of the health and social care agenda, The focus on delivering high quality care, centred around the patient or service user is essential. Healthcare and allied health professionals now have the opportunity to make a tangible difference to their service delivery through the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies which underpin the leadership and management of service improvement. This Module explores key factors which together enable professionals to begin to critically reflect upon current service and to design and implement innovations and changes in health and social care services. You'll be able to explore theories and models of leadership and contemporary healthcare leadership models to develop understanding of the role of leadership in delivering a high quality service.
• Ethics and law in professional practice (20 credits)
  This module prepares you to demonstrate an active leadership and consultative role regarding ethical/legal/professional issues and best interests decision making within all clinical settings. The module provides a legal and ethical framework for professional practice by developing a robust and analytical understanding of key legislation relevant to a variety of patient/client groups (service users) and an awareness of the ethical tension between the protective use of authority and the principle of empowering practice. A robust understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, ethical and legal frameworks and appropriate clinical guidelines and policies will be developed along with a strong emphasis upon consultative, team working and decision-making skills. Key issues such as medical negligence litigation, consent/refusal of treatment and contemporary debates such as euthanasia, abortion, organ donation, the human genome project, cloning, behaviour control and other topical issues will be examined enabling you to demonstrate professional leadership regarding contemporary health and social care debates within society.
• Intravenous administration of pharmaceutical substances for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes (10 credits)
  This module provides an opportunity for learning and skills development in intravenous administration to patients of drugs and other substances for the purposes of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. The module will provide the appropriate theoretical background for practitioners to undertake intravenous injections, and allow practitioners to develop clinical expertise in intravenous injection procedures.
• An introduction to economic evaluation for allied health professionals (20 credits)
  This module introduces the topic of economic evaluation and provides a basic critical, conceptual and theoretical understanding of the processes involved in economic evaluation.