Contemporary practice education: Exploring student perceptions of an industrial radiography placement for final year diagnostic radiography students

Clinical radiography education across Europe

“…demand to train radiographers more innovative methods are required to extending the provision of student placements. As an example, Wareing and Henderson, in 2015, reported on the perceptions' of final year diagnostic radiography students when on an industrial radiography placement 18. Participants were invited to indicate what mechanisms were in place for the quality assurance of clinical placements.…”

Radiography education funding – Crisis or opportunity?

“…For some programmes, the USP may come from curriculum innovations within the traditional radiography undergraduate framework, and we have many examples of these innovations already, [5][6][7][8] but for others this may mean a radical re-think of the delivery of their programmes. Already being discussed (and delivered) in some HEIs are pre-registration masters degree programmes, 3+1 models of training (traditional radiography degree followed by a one year specialist masters degree), two year 'fast-track' degrees, and single modality curricula including pre-registration ultrasound education.…”