Negotiated Specialist Ultrasound Practice (3)

Program Overview

This 15-credit level 7 module develops competent ultrasound practitioners through negotiated learning contracts and clinical assessments. Students engage in scheduled and independent learning, including lectures, seminars, and supervised scanning practice. Assessment includes a Clinical Portfolio and Structured Oral and Practical Examination. The program contributes towards the MSc Medical Ultrasound and prepares students for careers in ultrasound imaging.

Program Outline

• The program's content is
• negotiated
between the student, module leader, and work-based manager, resulting in a
• Learning Contract
outlining how learning outcomes will be achieved.
• Clinical assessment areas are also defined during discussions, and subject-specific competencies must be demonstrated.
• Potential areas for this module include subspecialties such as:
• Early Pregnancy (EPAC)
• First-trimester (dating)
• Anomaly scanning (second trimester)
• Growth scans (third trimester)
• Fetal echocardiography
• Doppler in Obstetrics (Fetal Doppler)
• Scheduled learning constitutes a minimum of 28 hours but varies depending on the chosen subject specialty.
It includes lectures, seminars, tutorials, demonstrations, practical classes, workshops, external visits, work-based learning, and supervised practice time in scanning rooms.
• Independent learning constitutes a minimum of 122 hours, also varying depending on the chosen subject specialty.
It includes activities like essential reading, case study preparation, assignment preparation and completion, computer-assisted learning, simulator scanning, and reflection on learning.
• Placement learning involves clinical practice placements negotiated and organized by the student, with a minimum of 15 hours per week of supervised scanning for the duration of the module.

Assessment:

• Clinical Portfolio
• Structured Oral and Practical Examination (SOPE).

Teaching:

• A variety of approaches are used, including:
• Work-based learning
• Action and problem-centered learning
• Inquiry-based learning
• Supervised clinical practice
• Negotiated learning contracts
• Facilitated learning in the workplace
• Online learning
• Key lectures
• Debates
• Seminars
• Student presentations

Careers:

• MSc Medical Ultrasound

Other:

• The College of Health, Science and Society has an excellent reputation for the quality of its teaching and the facilities it provides.
• Students are expected to provide their own headsets/microphones for online and blended learning courses.