“The University of Liverpool is very pleased to have had the opportunity to work with the North West Imaging Academy and co-designed these two CT and MRI module to meet the current and future service needed. They are designed to provide education and training in CT and MRI to the radiographer new to either modality who needs to be able to get to the level where they can work as a valuable and competent member of the scanning team.

Each module has been funded to run once a year and will provide places for 20 radiographers from Trusts in the North West. The semester long modules require only 3 days of face to face teaching with the rest of the learning is in the scanning department or online and can be managed around radiographers shift pattens. Huge increases will be required in CT and MRI scans in the next 10 year as the new NHS plans are rolled out. These modules will enable more radiographers to be better trained in CT and MRI and so offer greater quality of service to the patients”.

Dr Stuart Mackay

Director of Studies MSc (pre-reg) Diagnostic Radiography Programme, University of Liverpool School of Health Sciences