This course is offered by the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences in off-campus mode through Monash's Centre for Learning and Teaching Support. The course, conducted over two years part-time, aims to prepare suitably qualified graduates to assume practice as accredited radiation therapists able to work in private and public radiation oncology departments.
Applicants will be graduates of a bachelors degree in either science or biomedical science. Applicants will have obtained at least a credit average in a demonstrated course sequence in either the biomedical or physical sciences. If applicants have majored in the biomedical sciences, evidence must also be provided of a capacity to successfully engage in radiation physics and mathematics at graduate level. The Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences will individually assess applicants holding other qualifications. Suitably qualified international students wishing to undertake the Master of Radiation Therapy in their country of residence must also satisfy the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences in respect to the appropriateness of their clinical supervision.
This 15-unit (72-credit-point) course is undertaken in six 16-week semesters of part-time study over a two-year period, commencing in July of each year. The course contains an academic component and professional component. The professional component consists of clinical attachments for a total of 57 weeks (2280 hours) throughout the course, required to be eligible for a Statement of Accreditation from the Australian Institute of Radiography. Currently, clinical centres assisting the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences in providing this course are restricted to those located in metropolitan and rural Victoria, Perth and Brisbane.
Assessment includes written assignments, theory exams, clinical skills examinations and oral presentations.
Inquiries should be directed to the School of Biomedical Sciences Office, building 13c, Monash University, Victoria 3800, telephone (03) 9905 1212 or email enquiries.radiography@med.monash.edu.au. Website http://www.med.monash.edu.au/radiography/postgrad/.
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