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Medical Ultrasound – (M.Sc.)
Imperial College London
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 6,730 - ≈ € 30,400 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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This course is available full-time or part-time. It provides postgraduate training for clinicians and medical scientists in the theoretical basis of medical ultrasound and ultrasound scanning and diagnostic skills. The course offers three modules, each running independently in their respective departments:
* echocardiography
* obstetrics and gynaecology
* vascular
Aims The aim of the course is to provide clinicians and medical scientists with intensive training in both the theoretical basis of medical ultrasound and the required scanning and diagnostic skills in the specialities of either echocardiography, general ultrasound or vascular ultrasound.
A research project is an integral part of the course and is included to provide the student with a training in research practice and the opportunity to make an original contribution to the chosen area of research.
Work required
For the full-time course option, students are expected to attend all formal teaching sessions and three days a week in the ultrasound clinics. One day per week is allocated to private study but students are expected to undertake private study of at least 2-3 hours additionally in their own time.
For the part-time course option (vascular only), students are expected to attend the formal teaching sessions at the Hammersmith and to spend three days per week in an appropriate ultrasound clinic. The equivalent of one day per week is allocated to private study.
Career Prospects
This course is expected to enhance the career of those working in medical ultrasound research, diagnostic work or teaching.
Contents
The course comprises Part I: core modules and Part II: specialist modules, taught over the first two 12-week terms and an 8-month clinical or laboratory based research project. Students will be provided with advanced knowledge and clinical and laboratory training in the field of medical ultrasound. The core module will include the study of the physics of ultrasound, pulse echo techniques, transducer and equipment design, haemodynamics, Doppler, duplex and colour flow imaging, bio-effects and safety.
The clinical speciality modules will cover the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject in echocardiography, general ultrasound and vascular ultrasound. The students will spend three days per week in ultrasound clinics in one or more of the following centres: the Hammersmith, Charing Cross, St Mary’s Hospitals, training to reach an agreed proficiency or competency level of scanning and diagnosis.
The students on the two year part-time course will attend Part I and Part II lectures, practicals and tutorials at the Hammersmith Campus for one day a week in the first year and will be required to attend an accredited hospital ultrasound clinic three days per week for both the first and second years. In the second year the student will concentrate on the dissertation and will be required to attend the Hammersmith Campus at least one day per week.
Teaching methods The taught module will include:
* Formal lectures (from Department of Imaging staff, experts from other Imperial College/ Hammersmith Hospital Departments and other London Institutions)
* Practical demonstrations and laboratory practicals
* Tutorials and seminars
Formal teaching and practical sessions will take up to about 24 hours per week. In addition, students will also be expected to attend weekly research presentations within the Department, be invited to guest seminars in the Department and formal Imperial College lectures where appropriate, including Short Courses, such as the Hammersmith Echocardiography Course. There will also be a meeting of the MSc Journal club at the end of each term, where each student will give a critical review of a scientific paper.
During their research project students will receive tuition via discussion from their supervisor and other laboratory staff. Current departmental research projects include the use of contrast agents, three and four-dimensional imaging and image and signal processing. For part-time students the research project may be carried out in their host institution, provided the course organisers are satisfied with local arrangements for supervision and facilities.
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Applicants will require a lower second class Honours degree (or equivalent), in medicine or a biological, engineering or physical science subject. Candidates with a degree in medicine will be eligible for consideration without experience. Candidates with a degree in another science subject must demonstrate relevant experience. Candidates with three years´ work experience but without a degree may be considered, subject to a special qualifying examination. Candidates with a medical background should note that GMC registration is not required for the course.
Students registering for the part-time course must be working at least three days per week in an ultrasound clinic for the duration of the cou rse.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:
To obtain maximum benefit from studies at Imperial College all students must have a good command of the English Language. College therefore requires applicants to have taken an English Language test and achieved an acceptable grade or score before admission can be confirmed. The College Senate has approved the tests set out below. Please note that the scores or grades indicated are the minimum levels generally acceptable to the College. Departments have the discretion to prescribe higher requirements either for specific courses of study or in specific cases where there are serious doubts as to the abilities of individual students to undertake proposed programmes of study.
Students must make arrangements to take the appropriate test well in advance of the start of their course. Places will not be confirmed and students will not be allowed to register until confirmation of an acceptable result has been received as set out below.
* A first degree taught in English within the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Indies.
* Candidates whose first degree was not taught in English but who have then successfully completed a one-year MSc (or equivalent) course at a UK university.
* A grade of not less than C in English Language in GCSE, IGCSE, GCE `O´ Level or equivalent.
* A grade of not less than C in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
* A pass in the University Test of English for Speakers of Other Languages (UETESOL).
* British Council IELTS Test
A score of not less than 6.5 including a score of 5.0 or better in the written and spoken English elements of the academic test.
* TOEFL
A score of not less than 90 overall in the internet-based test (iBT), to include 24 in Writing and 20 in Speaking; or 600 in the paper-based test (PBT), or 250 in the computer-based test (CBT), both to include a minimum score of 4.5 in the written English.
Please note: Imperial College's Institution Code for TOEFL is 0891.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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