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 knowledge and clinical skills in ultrasound. Improve your understanding of professional issues in ultrasound, specialist imaging anatomy and pathology, and ultrasound applications and technology.

Advance your knowledge and clinical skills in ultrasound. The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science (specialising in Ultrasound) consists of four compulsory courses: General Ultrasound, Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound, Ultrasound Technology and Clinical and Professional Issues in Ultrasound.

If you have a qualification in medicine, nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, biomedical sciences or radiation therapy, you’ll be assessed on a case-by-case basis, to determine if this programme is appropriate for you.

Highlights

• Approved by the Medical Radiation Technologists Board (MRTB) for registration in the Ultrasound Scope of Practice in New Zealand.
• Recognised in Australia under a Trans-Tasman agreement.
• Clinical practice in conjunction with the courses and your clinical workplace. Requirements include a log book record of examinations and record of clinical hours.
• Distance education: this programme combines online teaching, clinical experience and block courses.

Clinical placement

You’ll need to find a clinical placement before enrolling in this programme. Please note: it’s your responsibility to secure a clinical placement.