Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:07
Core skills required for the MSc programmes in Medical Physics and Medical Imaging. These skills include academic writing, research methods (including statistics), mathematical skills required to reconstruct and process medical images as well as an understanding of the origins of radiation and its interactions with living tissues.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course covers: core language skills such as, searching for literature, structuring essays and reports, and academic conduct (plagiarism etc); core maths skills for imaging such as algebra, calculus and matrices; core statistics and research skills and core physics skills such as radiation physics. There is also a study skills module to help students develop the skills required to successfully complete their MSc. Teaching involves a mix of traditional lectures, tutorial sessions and class activities. Assessment is through four pieces of coursework.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 33 | Feedback Weeks | 35 | |
| Feedback |
Class Test (Online) Approximately 1-hour using a mixture of question types (e.g. MC, short-answer etc) Feedback on answers provided through MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Create | Demonstrate good standards of academic integrity. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | 40 | |
| Feedback |
Feedback on answers provided through MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Apply | Apply mathematical skills to the problem on reconstructing images from projections. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 31 | |
| Feedback |
Marking will be done using a rubric and feedback will also be provided in the “feedback to learners” box on MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Apply | Collate and synthesise information from appropriate sources. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 31 | Feedback Weeks | 33 | |
| Feedback |
Class Test (Online) Approximately 1-hour using a mixture of question types (e.g. MC, short-answer etc) Feedback on answers provided through MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Create | Communicate information through original, clear and accurate means with appropriate use of references. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | 42 | Feedback Weeks | 44 | |
| Feedback |
The student will be permitted to resit any of the four assessments that received a grade of less than D3. Since this is the resit (and therefore final assessment) feedback would typically only be provide (in person) if a student were to be granted another attempt on appeal. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Apply | Collate and synthesise information from appropriate sources. |
| Procedural | Create | Communicate information through original, clear and accurate means with appropriate use of references. |
| Procedural | Create | Demonstrate good standards of academic integrity. |
| Procedural | Apply | Apply mathematical skills to the problem on reconstructing images from projections. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the outcome of test results in terms of statistical significance using appropriate statistical tests and critical appraisal of research methods. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Relate fundamental physics concepts and the principles of production of ionizing radiation to evaluate key radiobiological parameters such as dose and risk. |
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