30 Sep 2025 (Intake closed)
Apply by: 23 Sep 2025
Semester AB
30 Sep 2025 (Face-to-Face), 26 Jan 2026 (Face-to-Face), 30 Jan 2026 (Face-to-Face), 12 Mar 2026 (Face-to-Face), 30 Apr 2026 (Face-to-Face)
Course overview
Delivery of the module will embody the Herts learning principles.
You should be available to attend all days as advertised. This course is designed for health care professionals who are interested in the principles of ultrasound reporting. It is a compulsory module within the Medical Ultrasound programme.
This module forms part of a medical ultrasound programme which is accredited by Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE)
The course is facilitated by University staff and external lecturers.
Course aims :
The course aims to enable student to evaluate the fundamental principles used in reporting ultrasound images .
This module provides the core skills required to consider the broader management and legal issues surrounding the topic of clinical reporting. Students will conceptualise the process of decision making around the ethical and legal issues that underpin clinical reporting. Students will develop their verbal and written communication skills.
Assessment:
Practical, 100%
3000 word equivalent.
This involves a 15 minute presentation.
Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding
Successful students will typically...
- Critically review and analyse the ethical and legal requirements of clinical reporting.
- Critically review the impact of the clinical report on patient management.
Learning Outcomes: Skills and Attributes
Successful students will typically...
- Critically analyse and apply the principles of clinical reporting in relation to the structure and significance of information given in a formal clinical report.
This module can contribute to the following programme(s)
HSMIRSM: MSc Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences: Medical Ultrasound
Funding
£915.00
The price quoted above is per 15 credits and relates to students assessed as UK/home self-funded for fee purposes. Prices may differ for students that are assessed as EU Overseas/Overseas. Fees status will normally stay with the student for the remainder of their course. Here you can find further details along with, costs and when your fees need to be paid. You may be able to obtain a Post Graduate student loan, for which you must sign up for the whole MSc programme and not just individual modules or a Post Graduate Diploma, further details can be found at Gov.uk Master’s Loan
Why choose HERTS?
Excellent sector connections: we have extensive links with eight NHS Trusts and Local Authorities in Hertfordshire.
Links with over 98 NHS Trusts and Local Authorities in East Anglia and London regions.
Flexibility: we provide flexible study options to ensure you can fit CPD study around your busy professional and personal lives.
Location: the main University of Hertfordshire campus is 25 minutes from London with easy access by both road and rail services.
Course details
Course leader
Amy Lannon a.lannon@herts.ac.uk Dr Naomi Brown n.2.brown@herts.ac.uk
Administrator
Niamh Sexton
Telephone
01707 284800
Course delivery
Face-to-Face Learner Hours - Scheduled - 20, Independent - 130
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Prerequisites
You should be a qualified health care professional currently working in an appropriate area of practice.
A suitable NHS Clinical Placement.
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