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Healthcare Science BSc (Hons) / 2014
This course combines academic study with NHS placements to provide professional training in the medical and biological sciences. It leads to a career in clinical physiology, specialising in cardiac physiology or respiratory and sleep physiology.
Although I only started my course a couple of months ago, I have already learnt how to perform a patient analysis and take patient notes. These are both important processes that give great insight into the career that lies ahead of me.
Xolani Machazire Healthcare Science (Physiological Sciences) BSc (Hons) First Year
Healthcare Science (Physiological Sciences) BSc (Hons)Three years, full time
Apply through UCAS code B120, institution code S49
UCAS deadline is 15 January
UK and EU citizens may apply
Accreditation: Medical Education England
Shared campus with one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK
Shared learning with students training to be doctors, nurses, radiographers, paramedics and physiotherapists (interprofessional education)
Contact with patients by the end of your first semester
You will experience 50 weeks of work-based training in your chosen career path of either Cardiac Physiology or Respiratory and Sleep Physiology
Careers advice embedded into our teaching
Job prospects will be excellent and vacancies with a starting salary of at least £21,000 will be waiting for graduates across the country
Taught modules are delivered via lectures, small-group seminars and case-based learning. In year one the programme also incorporates anatomy teaching in the dissecting room, and clinical and communication skills training.
Clinical training is delivered by qualified clinical physiologists in NHS hospital departments throughout London, Surrey, Sussex and Kent.
Personal development and lifelong learning are encouraged through academic study, work-based practice and a focus on reflective practice and self-directed learning activities.
Year one combines an introduction to the basic biomedical knowledge underpinning healthcare science, with training in the physiological sciences.
At the end of year one you select a speciality. Year two modules focus on techniques and methodologies in either cardiac physiology or respiratory and sleep physiology.
Year three focuses on the application of learned science, technologies and techniques to the practice of clinical physiology in your chosen specialist field, in which you also complete a research project.
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Learning
Degree structure
Year oneModules/placements
Scientific Basis of Healthcare Science
Scientific Basis of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Sleep Science
Professional Practice
Scientific Basis of Healthcare Science
Clinical Training
Year twoModules/placements
Pathophysiolog y of Common Cardiovascular and Respiratory Conditions
Instrumentation, Signal Processing and Imaging
Cardiac Physiology or Respiratory and Sleep Physiology
Research Methods
Professional Practice
Scientific Basis of Healthcare Science
Clinical Training
Year threeModules/placements
Applying Respiratory and Sleep Physiology to Practice or Applying Cardiac Physiology to Practice
Research Project in Respiratory and Sleep Physiology or Research Project in Cardiac Physiology
Professional Practice
Clinical Training
Your academic coursework, examination results, final year research project and work-based placements are all taken into account, and each annual assessment contributes to your final degree classification.
Clinical physiologists play a vital role in the health service and interact with patients of all ages. Using electrocardiographs (ECGs), echocardiographs, blood pressure monitoring and a range of other techniques, healthcare science practitioners specialising in cardiac physiology assist heart disease diagnosis, pacemaker implantation, on-going patient monitoring and exercise stress testing.
Respiratory and sleep physiologists undertake cardio-pulmonary exercise testing, blood gas analysis, response-to-treatment monitoring, allergy testing and polysomnography. Your patients may be referred with chest pains, abnormal chest X-rays, breathing difficulties, sleep disorders, or suspected respiratory disease such as emphysema.
With research advancing, techniques evolving and the technologies used becoming more specialised, clinical physiology is a challenging, motivating and rewarding career. Opportunities exist to further specialise in healthcare science at postgraduate level here at St George’s.
Weeks Taught
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Clinical 10
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Clinical 15
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Clinical 25
Assessing your progress
Your future
Entry requirementsIf you meet the minimum requirements set out below, you will be called for interview. With the exception of GCSEs, all qualifications must be completed within a five-year period including year of application.
NationalityCitizen of the UK, EU or EEA or individuals with indefinite leave to remain
GCSEs or equivalentA* to C
A minimum of eight subjects to include English Language, Maths and Science. Applicants without English Language GCSE should hold IELTS 7.0 or equivalent
If you studied under an educational system that did not include GCSEs we will consider your academic record at the equivalent stage. However, we will not accept Adult Literacy and Numeracy or Functional Maths in lieu of GCSEs.
A Levels or equivalentA Levels
BBB
Three A2 subjects to include Biology or Human Biology, and one other science
Key Skills not accepted
A2 resists will be considered however you will be required to achieve higher grades
If you are offering grades lower than BBB, your application will be considered if this achievement is 60% higher than the average performance of your school/college.
International Baccalaureate
Full award diploma
544 at Higher Level (HL)
444 at Standard Level (SL)
Biology or Human Biology and one other science (at HL)
Mathematics and English Language (at SL)
Access diploma
Full award diploma
60 credits at level 3
27 credits at distinction
18 credits at merit
27 credits must be from science related modules at no lower than merit
Your Access qualification must be supplemented by an A Level (A2) in Biology or Human Biology at grade B
With the exception of GCSE equivalents (where required) any other level 3 credits outside the 60 credit diploma will not be accepted
If no GCSE English Language and Maths, you must gain 12 level 3 English equivalent credits and 12 level 2 Maths equivalent credits in addition to the 60 credit diploma. Course transcript and/or syllabus may have to be provided. All units must be verified GCSE equivalent by the local Open College Network London Region (OCNLR).
Other qualifications
70% overall with 70% in parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Biology modules
AGNVQ Science at Distinction
Biology or Human Biology A Level (A2) at grade B
Grades
Subjects
Grades
Subjects
Adjusted criteria
Award
Scores
Subjects
Award
Scores
Grades
If studying sciences
If studying non-sciences
Additional credits
Other
Birkbeck College Certificate in Life Science
Advanced GNVQ
National Diploma in Science, overall grades Distinction, Distinction, Distinction
Biology or Human Biology A Level (A2) at grade B
Society, Health and Development at grade B, or Sport and Active Leisure at grade B
Supplemented by Additional and Specialist Learning: A Level (A2) Biology or Human Biology at grade B
120 Units at level 1 and 2
Level 1: Exploring Science module, 60 units Level 2: Human Biology module, 30 units Any other module, 30 units
All results must be verified by 1 September of the year of entry
Five at Higher Level, all grade B, three at Advanced Higher Level, all grade B, including Biology or Human Biology and a second science
Five passes at Level B2 including English, Maths and Higher Level Biology
Applicants should list their Junior Certificates on UCAS form.
English language If English is not your first language while studying, evidence of your proficiency must be dated within the last two years.
(International English Language Testing System) 7.0 overall (including 7.0 in written element, and no section less than 6.5)
67 overall (including 67 in written element, and no section less than 61)
*Applicants who have sat the examination more than twice in one year will not be considered.
Other essential criteria Work or voluntary experience in a social care, medical or health-related field. For further information on work experience please visit the ‘Experience it’ section at www.tasteofmedicine.com
Should demonstrate an awareness of clinical physiolog y and an interest in a clinical career.
Satisfactory clearance in both, including immunisation against Hepatitis B, MMR, Meningitis, TB and Chicken Pox.
If you belong to a registered professional body please provide details at interview.
Application and interviewPlease apply through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) by 15 January (the year of entry).
www.ucas.com
Interviews are held after the application closing date.
Fees£9,000 p/a*
*2013 entry fees are subject to annual review and change.
UK /EU students will not have to pay the cost of tuition upfront; students can apply for a tuition fee loan to cover the full cost of tuition fees. And there are generous bursaries available to help students from lower-income families.
National Diploma (BTEC) Advanced Diploma
Open University
Scottish Highers
Irish Leaving Certificate
IELTS
Pearsons test
Work experience
Personal Statement
Health and Police screening
Professional registration
UK/EU
Other essential criteria
> work experience > personal statement> health screening > police screening
Nationality
A Levels or equivalent
> IB> Access diploma> Other qualifications
GCSEs or equivalent
English language> if first language
is not English
The University of London comprises 18 institutions. St George’s is now the only stand-alone medical school within the federation; combining all the benefits of a small, friendly university with those of one of the UK’s largest and most diverse.
We hope this booklet gives some real insight into completing a Healthcare Science BSc at St George’s. In short, you can undertake a specialist undergraduate degree here on a hospital site in a thriving London location, leading, we trust, to an extraordinary future in the health professions.
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