Undergraduate courses overview
The School is well known for producing quality health care professionals.We have a reputation for the delivery of courses with a strong bias toward relevant practical experience, and are taught to the highest level. A dedication to professionalism and developing independent thought, combined with a supportive learning environment, ensures students have the potential to gain maximum benefit from their period of study. We also take pride in the level of support afforded to students for the duration of their degrees.
Each course has strong links with practitioners and managers in acute, community and primary care NHS trusts, local authorities, private and industrial sectors.
Undergraduate courses are taught on a modular basis, with several modules common to all programmes, encouraging interaction between the disciplines from the outset. This multi-disciplinary practice allows students valuable insights into other professions and is particularly relevant in today’s holistic and integrated team approach to patient care.
Diagnostic Radiography
The BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography students benefit from the teaching skills of highly experienced staff, who contribute to the department a combination of senior level radiography experience with current practice. The department maintains firm links within Aberdeen’s medical community. The course is designed to prepare graduates to function competently, effectively and responsively as a team member, providing a radiography service to patients within a range of settings. The course offers an excellent combination of clinical practice and academic underpinning.
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Certificate of Higher Education- Radiographic Studies
This two-year part time in service course will equip the radiography assistant practitioner with the knowledge and skills to participate in a defined range of routine diagnostic imaging or radiotherapy procedures under the supervision of a registered radiographer. Applicants must therefore be employed within a radiology or radiotherapy service in a clinical capacity as an RDA, helper or equivalent.
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Occupational Therapy
The Occupational Therapy department brings to the School first-rate teaching provision from a core group of lecturers who were formerly practitioners. The BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy degree combines an effective formula of practice-based learning with a foundation in the clinical and social sciences to strengthen knowledge of human function and behaviour. The theory and practice of occupational therapy is underpinned by the study of anatomy and physiology, psychology, sociology, pathology (medicine, surgery and psychiatry), management, social policy and research methods.
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Physiotherapy
The BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy has a strong clinical bias and is designed to produce effective, resourceful and reflective graduates, who as Chartered Physiotherapists will be able to make a positive contribution to patient management. The course is taught in a modular structure with clinical practice commencing in year one and integrated within each year of the course. The development of flexibility in approach, critical and analytical thinking, coupled with reflection and clinical decision making skills, are emphasised in the course, along with the importance of utilising research to inform practice.
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Sports & Exercise Science
The BSc (Hons) in Sports & Exercise Science has been designed to address the demand for effective graduates equipped with practical skills to work in physical activity, sport and health related careers. With the increasing evidence for the link between a physically active lifestyle and health, students experience a range of practice ranging from the beginner exerciser to the elite athlete, and special needs groups. The course follows a modular structure and comprises disciplines such as anatomy, physiology, growth and development, nutrition, biomechanics, exercise testing and prescription, exercise and conditioning, sports centre operations, body composition, sports psychology, sports nutrition, sports injury management and rehabilitation, research methods and performance enhancement. Key elements of the course are vocational qualifications in fitness embedded into modules in year 2, a placement in year 3 and a practical research project in year 4.
