Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Radiographers

AI in healthcare and medical imaging has developed rapidly over the last decade. This course presents the basic elements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of Radiography. It will offer you some background knowledge on all key contemporary AI topics and how these can affect your professional practice and workflow.

This is one of the first AI courses designed specifically for the Radiography workforce, and is integral in understanding and managing future changes in practice as it covers all modalities of Radiography.

Who is it for?

This course is for recent radiography graduates, clinical practitioners, radiology managers, radiography researchers and educators who wish to further their understanding of the basic principles and applications of AI in Radiography and Medical Imaging.

Timetable

Term 1

On-campus Teaching:

Monday 4 November 2024
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Thursday 7 November 2024
Friday 8 November 2024 (Online)
Monday 25 November 2024 (online – those doing assessment only)

Term 2

Oral Presentations:
Monday 13 January  2025 (Online)
Tuesday 14 January 2025 (Online)

Benefits

This is the first course of its kind for radiographers in the UK and Europe, and its key takeaway is the ability to understand and manage future changes in radiography practice.

This short course module is designed to be flexible in allowing you to study and reach your goals at your own pace. Our health CPD courses are credit-bearing modules that contribute to a University degree or award.

Transfer course credits towards postgraduate taught degree

As a health care professional, once you've completed this course you could offset 30 credits as part of a postgraduate programme, continuing your study with further modules to make up a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) 60 credits, Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) 120 credits or Master of Science (MSc) 180 credits qualification (all credits must be awarded within five years of study commencing).

This course will discuss what AI is and offer detailed examples, presented by radiography practitioners, of how AI is applied in different contexts of radiography practice.

It will further provide you with a smooth introduction to key concepts and terminologies of the principles of computer science used in AI. Different manufacturers will present to you their latest innovations in the field of AI to stimulate discussion and debate and to allow you to understand and discuss practical implications. The ethics of AI will also be analysed in relation to accountability and patient acceptability

Knowledge and understanding:

• Examine and synthesize contemporary cutting-edge research and controversial AI topics, in relation to the background and rationale of your selected imaging modality within which AI operates.
• Explore the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of AI for the profession, the NHS and the local clinical setting.
• Develop knowledge on how to expertly identify within current relevant literature a relevant clinical question to investigate, focusing on the impact of AI on clinical practice, workflows and patient pathway.

Skills:

• Justify the importance and relevance of your selected area of AI study
• Critically evaluate literature and other research work related to this topic
• Discuss recommendations for future research and its potential benefit to advancing clinical practice
• Demonstrate time-management skills through organisation of a self-directed learning approach.

Values and attitudes:

• Demonstrate respect for the intellectual work of others in the field by accurate referencing of published work
• Have regard for ethical issues relating to AI in health and social care settings
• Respect privacy and confidentiality
• Respect the opinions of others and behave with integrity
• Consider the ethical implications of AI in your practice.

Teaching

You’ll be learning in lectures, tutorials and online discussion and forum activities, alongside self-directed study.

Your lectures will be taught on campus, in person, alongside other postgraduate Radiography students with expertise in different modalities of Medical Imaging (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear medicine, Mammography). You will have the chance to learn from experts, researchers and innovators in the field of AI and ask them questions about their product and its applications in practice. You will also have the opportunity to debate AI topics, such as ethics, with leading figures from policy, practice and the professional bodies.

Assessment

You will receive formative feedback on a 300-word abstract of written work on an AI topic of your interest.

If you are doing this course as part of CPD there is no assessment attached. If you would like to gain the teaching credits for this course, you need to take the assessments as described below.

If you are doing this course as part of the master’s programme in MRI/CT you will be assessed by a written abstract on a case study and an oral presentation.

Learning Routes

This module has two routes namely, "CPD for attendance only" and "CPD for credits":

1. CPD “for attendance only” route: for students that wish to take this module as attendance only, this will grant you access to all lectures and online learning materials on Moodle. However, this route does not include the assessments, therefore you will not achieve any academic credits upon completion. A 25% discount is applied to the module fee. You will also receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the academic term.

2. CPD “for credits” route (Attendance & Assessment): for students that wish to take this module with assessments, this route will grant you access to all the lectures and online learning materials on Moodle. Upon successful completion of the assessment, you will have achieved the respective academic credits, as per individual module (there will range from 15 to 30 credits). No discount is applied to the module and the full fee will need to be paid.

For attendance only: 25% discount applied to the full fee (Please note: fees for overseas students will be a different rate, as per original fees on website)

For credit: (Attendance & Assessment): Full fees apply, as per individual module.

This course is provided by the School of Health & Psychological Sciences.

Credits

This course is worth 30 credits toward eligible programmes.

This course is open as CPD to everyone in the UK , Europe and beyond or as part of our Master’s programme, with certain entry conditions, as you can find below and on the website.

• Applicants will normally hold a BSc (Hons) degree (2:2 or above) in Radiography or an equivalent discipline from a UK institution
• Appropriate professional qualifications e.g. Diploma of the College of Radiographers
• International qualifications in Radiography will have to be reviewed by our international team - they may only be acceptable if equivalent to a level 6 UK degree (BSc degree). Both originals and certified translations will have to be submitted to our programme team, before your application can be considered
• A clinical placement for an average of three days per week in a clinical MRI/CT department is required. Applicants should have a minimum of one year of clinical experience in the clinical speciality in which they wish to study before starting the course and should continue in clinical practice while on the programme. A clinical experience (CE1) form will need to be emailed to our programme team, completed and signed by the department manager, before your application can be considered
• Non-standard entrants will be considered on a case-by-case basis, subject to availability of places on the programme (early application is recommended). Interviews might be arranged for these candidates, if the programme team feels necessary.

English requirements

If your first language is not English, one of the following is required:

• A first degree from a UK university
• A first degree from an overseas institution recognised by City, University of London as providing adequate evidence of proficiency in the English language, for example, from institutions from Australia, Canada or the United States of America.
• International English Language Test Service (IELTS) a score of 7.0 is required with no subtest below 7.0
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) score 72 required
• TOEFL 100 overall with 24 in Writing, 20 in Listening, 19 Reading and 20 Speaking
• Other evidence of proficiency in the English language, which satisfies the board of studies concerned, including registration with your professional regulator.