Course details

Course details

As a student of the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, you will benefit from excellent facilities for teaching and learning at both Kingston University and St George’s. 50 per cent of the course will be undertaken in NHS Trusts.

Structure

The course is modular. The first term involves shared learning with student groups across the healthcare sciences, including medicine, biomedical science, physiotherapy and nursing. This Inter-professional Foundation Programme (IFP) is based at St George’s, and you will benefit from other multi-professional modules throughout the course. Years two and three comprise a combination of academic modules and clinical practice placements. The majority of the academic component is delivered at Kingston University, and focuses on a discipline-specific programme that covers basic biological and physical sciences along with oncology, radiobiology and radiotherapy practice.

There are strong links with specialist clinicians who contribute to the academic course. 50 per cent of the course is clinical practice; you will follow a rigorous education programme at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (Sutton or Chelsea) or the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust (Guildford). You will acquire broad experience in the preparation and treatment of patients with cancer, and great emphasis is placed on clinical reasoning and the evaluation of practice.

Below is an indicative list of modules although this is not intended as a definitive list.

Year one

• Inter-Professional Foundation programme
• Radiotherapy and oncology
• Personal and professional development 1
• Science and technology 1

Year two

• Clinical experience 1 - introduction to practice
• Treatment planning
• Radiotherapy and oncology  2
• Personal and professional development 2
• Clinical experience 2 - application of skills

Year three

• Clinical experience 3 - localisation and dosimetry
• Clinical experience 4 - competence and practice
• Evaluation of radiotherapy
• Reflection on cancer care
• Research project
• Personal and professional development 3