Patient Centred Care in Diagnostic Radiography: An Educational Toolkit

This open online course has been designed as an educational resource to support the development of patient-centred care (PCC) approaches within diagnostic radiography.

Patient Centred Care in Diagnostic Radiography: An Educational Toolkit is the result of a large-scale research project into PCC in diagnostic radiography. This course shares the research findings and provides learning materials to support the development of PCC behaviours. Both the research project and this online course were funded by the College of Radiographers Industry Partnership Scheme.

Student radiographers and trainee assistant practitioners will find this course useful to develop their skills in patient-centred care. Qualified diagnostic radiographers or assistant practitioners working in clinical practice or in educational roles may find it useful to guide students or trainees about PCC approaches while on clinical placement. It may also be useful for radiographers preparing for their bi-annual Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) audit.

The two audit tools provided in this course may be useful for radiographers working in governance roles to evidence PCC within their organisation. The self-audit could be used to measure levels of PCC within a group of radiographers in a particular department or organisation. The organisational audit could be useful to underpin quality improvement initiatives to support PCC approaches and/or bids for funding designed to improve PCC.

The first course units have been written in such a way that they may be useful CPD activities for anyone working in health or social care who wishes to increase their knowledge of patient-centred care, and it is hoped that a variety of health or social care professionals will access these materials.

Who is this course for?

The course is suitable to a wide range of practitioners including:

• Student Radiographers
• Trainee Assistant Practitioners
• Diagnostic Radiographers
• Assistant Practitioners working in Imaging or Radiotherapy
• Therapeutic Radiographers
• Health and social care professionals such as nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists may find untis one and two useful CPD

An accredited provider of the CPD Standards Office

We are proud to be an accredited provider of the CPD Standards Office for our online short courses and free courses, demonstrating that they conform to CPD best practice and are appropriate for inclusion in a formal CPD record.

Upon completing the course, you will have:

• an increased awareness of patient-centred care in clinical practice 
• an increased understanding of how to improve your own clinical practice to ensure patient-centred care
• confidence in using audit tools to measure patient-centred care in your own practice and in your organisation (if relevant to your role) 

How to enrol

All of our free courses are delivered through an easy-to-use online learning platform, which you can enrol from directly.

Course Requirements

The course is free and widely available for anyone to take part in regardless of age, location or education status. You will need to agree to the terms and conditions before you start the course which will be available when you enrol.

However, there are some basic requirements. You will need access to the internet whether it is on your PC, tablet, mobile or other electronic devices, as well as a valid email address to register with our online learning environment in order to take part in the course.

Once registered, please be aware that all study for this course is online and so you will need to be able to engage with this via a personal device, preferably a computer or laptop, for the stated duration of the course.

The learning platform is compatible with screen reader technology to assist those with visual impairments.

Contact us

If you want to find out more about studying a short course, please contact us and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Course policies

• Learner charter
• Terms and conditions

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