According to the Health and Care Professions Council1, accredited undergraduate diagnostic radiographer programmes are to help students develop competency in producing diagnostic images. Higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK use classroom lectures, practical or laboratory and/or simulation sessions and clinical placements to help students develop their knowledge and experience in diagnostic radiography2.
Science-based concepts are integral to radiography practice, and students need to learn and understand them to practise safely3, 4. For example, students need to understand the effect of changing exposure factors, such as milliamperage-seconds (mAs) and kilovoltage (kVp), on the patient radiation dose and quality of the images. A further example is that a good knowledge of the effects of scatter radiation might influence students’ effective use of collimators when imaging a patient in clinical practice.
These science-based concepts are usually challenging for students to...
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