Programme summary

Career opportunities

Courses & timetables

Admission requirements

[PGDipHSc]

8, 120 1.0
Part-time for two years
Starts February
Applications for 2012 have now closed.
CA2258
Waitakere campus

$5920 plus $2000 clinical competency fee

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Programme summary

Advance your understanding of, and professional practice in, MRI to enhance your career progression.

Are you a Medical Radiation Technologist and want to specialise in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)? If you successfully complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science (specialising in Magnetic Resonance Imaging) you can apply for registration with the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board. There are three compulsory courses: Physical Principles of MRI, Clinical Applications of MRI, and Specialist Imaging Anatomy and Pathology, and the strongly recommended Professional Practice course.

Highlights

• Approved by the Medical Radiation Technologists Board (MRTB) for registration in the MRI Scope of Practice in New Zealand.
• As a student on this programme, you need to complete approximately two years of full-time equivalent clinical experience in MRI to fulfill the clinical competency requirements.
• You need to have a clinical placement in a magnetic resonance imaging department throughout the duration of your course of study. A clinical assessment process is also included in the programme.
• Offered as a distance education programme, and combines online teaching, clinical experience, and block courses held at Unitec.
• Cross-credits towards the Master of Health Science.

Clinical placement

You need to provide evidence that you are actively engaged in clinical magnetic resonance imaging and need to find a clinical placement before enrolling in this programme. Please note: it is your responsibility to secure a clinical placement.