STUDY

Overview

The Post Graduate Certificate in Computed Tomography Colonography (PgC CTC) is offered within the School of Health, Sciences and Society and is co-delivered with the National CT Colonography Academy (NCTCA).

The aim of the programme is to increase the overall quality of CTC examinations within England and therefore narrow the performance gaps that exist between centres. It utilises online training, in house mentorship and external examination to assess and drive improvements in CTC practice.  The University of Suffolk will be co-delivering this programme to ensure academic rigour and quality. As an online course this can be start on a monthly basis. 

CTC performance varies widely across the UK and the programme hopes to narrow the gaps in practice and improve patient outcomes.  

The programme is open to the following clinical staff groups, practicing within the UK, who either currently perform CT Colonography Examinations or who wish to train to perform CT Colonography:

• HCPC registered Diagnostic Radiographers
• Consultant Radiologists
• Radiology Registrars

The course is aligned directly to the SCoR Radiographer Education Development Group ‘Training and education framework for radiographers undertaking CT Colonography as part of the Bowel Cancer screening Service’ (SCoR, 2019).

The PgC CTC Practice pathway is designed for post graduate students who undertake the first module of the PgC CTC ‘Module A: CTC Technique’ and want to continue to complete their PgC but will not be reporting CTC examinations and therefore ‘Module B: CTC Interpretation’ will not be relevant to them. The PgC CTC Practice pathway will include the first 30 credit module of the PgC CTC and the second 30 credit module of the PgC Computed Tomography (CT) course entitled ‘Service Delivery’.  This will equip them to work as enhanced practitioners who perform CTC examinations and lead a service but do not report the CTC examinations.