Year 5
Year 4
Year 3
Module A1: Professionalism
and Professional Development
in the Healthcare Environment
(30 credits)
Module A2:
Theoretical
Foundations of
Leadership
(20 credits)
Module A3: Personal and
Professional Development to
Enhance Performance in
Practice
(30 credits)
Module A4:
Leadership and
Quality Improvement
in the Clinical and
Scientific Environment
(20 credits)
Specialist Units (20)
MP = B9 (20)
CBE = B8 (20)
Module B7:
Teaching Learning
and Assessment
(20 credits)
[Physiological
Science and Physical
Science]
Specialist Units (60 credits)
MP = B10 (60)
Specialist Units (40 credits)
CBE = B9 (20) and B10 (20)
Module A5: Research and
Innovation in Health and Social Care
(20 credits)
Year 2
Year 1
HSST: Physical Sciences Programme Structure
Specialist Units (30 credits)
MP = B1 (10), B2 (10),
B3a OR B3b (10)
Specialist Units (45 credits)
CBE = B1 (10), B2 (20) and B3 (15)
Module B5:
Contemporary
Issues in Healthcare
Science (20 credits)
[Physiological
Science and Physical
Science]
Specialist Units (30)
MP = B4 (10), B6 (10), B8 (10)
Specialist Units (35)
CBE = B4 (20) and B6 (15)
Module C1: Research, Development and
Innovation
(40 credits)
Module C2: Research, Development and Innovation (70 credits)
Module C3: Research, Development and Innovation (130 credits)
Module Titles
Section A: Leadership and Professional Development (120 credits)
All Clinical Scientists in HSST will complete these generic units together at the Manchester Business
School, University of Manchester. Those students who are not completing the full professional
doctorate could exit, after completing these modules, with a Diploma in Leadership and
Professionalism for Healthcare Sciences.
Module
Module A1
Module A2
Module A3
Module A4
Module A5
Title
Year
Credit
Rating
1
30
1
2
20
30
2
20
1-2
20
Module A1: Professionalism and Professional Development in the
Healthcare Environment
Theoretical Foundations of Leadership
Personal & Professional Development to Enhance Performance in Practice
Leadership and Quality Improvement in the Clinical and Scientific
Environment
Research and Innovation in Health and Social Care
Section B: Specialist Scientific Clinical Programme (180 credits)
These are specialist specific modules relevant to the specialism the Student is completing. Some of
these modules will be available as stand-alone CPPD units.
Shared Modules
The following modules are shared across themes:
Module
Module B5
Module B7
Title
Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Science
(including Bioinformatics, Genomics and
Personalised Medicine and Patient and Public
Involvement)
Teaching Learning & Assessment
Year
Credits
Shared with
2
20
Physical Sciences and
Physiological Sciences
3
20
Physical Sciences and
Physiological Sciences
Clinical Biomedical Engineering (CBE)
Module
Module B1
Module B2
Module B3
Module B4
Module B6
Module B8
Module B9
Module B10
Title
Clinical Practice for Clinical Biomedical Engineers
Systems Engineering
Clinical Computing
Health Economics/ Health Technology Assessment
Modelling and Simulation
Specialist Clinical Biomedical Engineering Practice
Specialist Clinical Biomedical Engineering Skills
Leading CBE Services
Year
1
1
1
2
2
3
4
4
Credits
10
20
15
20
15
20
20
20
Year
1
1
Credits
10
10
1
10
Medical Physics (MP)
Module
Title
Module B1
Medical Equipment Management (MPE)
Module B2
Clinical and Scientific Computing
Students will take either B3a or B3b depending on their career path
Module B3a
Dosimetry (MPE)
Module
Module B3b
Module B4
Module B6
Module B8
Module B9
Module B10
Title
Non-ionising Radiation Bioeffects and Safety
Optimisation in Imaging or Radiotherapy (MPE)
Medical Statistics for Medical Physics
Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Clinical Applications in Radiotherapy Physics or Imaging
Specialist Practice in Radiotherapy Physics or Imaging
Year
1
2
2
2
3
4
Credits
10
10
10
10
20
60
Section C: Research, Development and Innovation (240 credits)
The research project will be carried out at the Student’s base hospital with academic supervision by
an appropriate expert in the field. The aim of the project is to improve health and health outcomes
and may include scientific, clinical, service transformation, innovation, leadership, policy, education
or educational research.