Tutorial time is included in the second part of the semester to allow students to discuss their clinical experience. During their clinical education students normally attend three major clinical departments on a recurring basis, so that they gain a wide range of clinical experience. It enables the students to gain practical experience in the appropriate discipline, whilst working with qualified clinical staff. The students also attend small group tutorials within the clinical departments that are organized by members of the clinical or academic staff. The students are able to discuss current techniques and practices using current equipment away from the patient.
Students can expect to be meeting and to be dealing with patients from the beginning of the course.
Assessment of the students' clinical capabilities is carried out by appropriate staff during these clinical placements and they form a part of the overall assessment pattern on which the honours degree is based. Student Finance British students resident in this country are normally eligible for Department of Health bursaries and the CRE will apply on behalf of the student after they have been provisionally accepted on the course. These bursaries relate to parental income, but mature students are assessed on an individual basis. Included within the bursary are tuition and registration fees and an allowance for textbooks and travel. Undergraduate radiography students are also eligible for student loans.