Please ensure that you engage with occupational health clearance and DBS processes required by the Admissions Team. Failure to complete this by the time you register on the course may result in you not being able to proceed with your studies. Please also ensure your engage with the Placement Planning Form FoMHSC 2024/2025 (office.com).
Welcome and Induction, Uniform and Occupational Health
Welcome and Induction
Please ensure that you engage with your Welcome Schedule.
Please note that timings given in your Welcome Schedule for uniform measure and issue events and occupational health vaccinations are indicative timings only. Please check below for the exact time of your appointment, which will be dependent on your surname (A-Z).
The team have also drawn up a tentative plan for your first semester on the course to help you organise your time.
Visit us in the Health Hub to get your questions answered and have a soft drink and biscuit on us!
In addition to your course welcome activities, you can also join us at our Health Hub, timings below, where we can help you with any questions you may have or direct you to the most appropriate service.
You are now on your own exciting journey, but you are also part of our community where we support each other to grow and flourish at university and beyond. Drop in and stay connected, meet new friends and your peers. Meet and chat to our placements team, academic course administration team and existing students.
Drop in on the 2nd floor of the Verena Holmes building in VH 2.60 during any of the times below:
- Monday 16 September, 12:30pm to 5pm
- Tuesday 17 September, 9am to 5pm
- Wednesday 18 September, 9am to 5pm
Follow us on our CCCU_Health Instagram account to keep up to date with what is happening for students.
Occupational Health Clearance & Uniform
As part of starting your studies here at Canterbury Christ Church University, you will need to attend an occupational health vaccination appointment and a uniform measure & issue appointment during Welcome Week.
If you were an S23 Health Foundation Year student and you have passed and are proceeding onto your Year 1 with Diagnostic Radiography, you are not required to attend the occupational health vaccination appointment, as you already have your occupational health clearance. However, please attend the Diagnostic Radiography uniform appointment detailed below, thank you.
Occupational Health Clearance
Students need to obtain occupational health clearance to ensure they are fit to practice. You will be prompted via your ‘MyRecord’ to complete a clearance check and directed to an online health questionnaire.
Once you have submitted your questionnaire, you are required to attend an occupational health vaccination appointment appropriate to your placement requirements. We use an external company called OH Works for this. Ahead of your appointment, please gather any vaccination documentation (paper or electronic) from your GP or workplace to take to your occupational health appointment.
Click here for your occupational health appointment location and time.
For enquiries about your occupational health clearance please email cccustudents@ohworks.co.uk or phone 01227 286288.
Uniform
At your measure & issue appointment, you will be welcomed by the CCCU Uniform Team and our uniform suppliers, Alexandra. Once your sizing requirements have been determined, you will be able to collect your uniform which is expected to last the duration of your course. Your uniform is provided to you free of charge.
Click here for your uniform appointment location and time.
Essential information regarding your uniform can be found on the uniform policy.
Placement Badge
On placement you will be required to wear a placement badge, which will have your course title and preferred first name. This placement badge is provided to you free of charge. You will be supplied with your placement badge once you have started your course. Please note, this is not your student ID card.
You will receive an email from the Uniform Team regarding important tasks that you will need to action prior to your Welcome Week. If you have any questions about your uniform or placement badge, please email health.uniform@canterbury.ac.uk.
Thermoluminescent Dosimeter (TLD)
Diagnostic Radiography students will also be issued with a Thermoluminescent Dosimeter (TLD) which is an essential tool for monitoring your exposure to radiation. Students must be in possession of a TLD to participate in simulated learning and placement. You will be required to attend scheduled exchange events throughout the academic year for continuous monitoring.
When issued to students, you are expected to pay a refundable deposit of £25 for your TLD. You will receive a separate communication from health.business-operations@canterbury.ac.uk with information surrounding collection of your TLD.
Further information about the course
Our course has some unique selling points that help us stand out from the crowd:
- We have a strong history of radiographer reporting. In fact, we were the first university in the UK to offer postgraduate training in image interpretation. Radiographers now have the opportunity to learn new skills and gain new responsibilities within the NHS. This is echoed within our undergraduate modules, where we teach image interpretation within core modules.
- Our staff are leading experts in diagnostic radiography. Our staff continually contribute towards research in radiography and impact the progression of the profession. Topics such as advanced practice, radiographer reporting and forensic radiography have all been investigated by the teaching staff.
- Our staff are award winners. The staff at CCCU are recognised nationally. Dr Paul Lockwood has been awarded the Fellowship of the College of Radiographers for his outstanding contribution to the profession. Dr Nick Woznitza has been awarded an MBE for services to the NHS, in particular for his clinical and academic leadership skills in diagnostic radiography in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The university facilities and location. We have a superb campus, close to the historic centre of Canterbury and equipped with a dedicated X-ray teaching room for radiography students. Canterbury has a great student vibe and excellent shopping for those with a taste for retail therapy! The campus is close to train services and ample student accommodation.
We are proud to be an inclusive University that supports a diverse community of students. Please note that if you have a disability or would like to learn more about the support that we can offer to students, please visit the Disability and Mental Health website. This is available once you have accepted your offer.
- Your course provides a variety of practical and University-based learning experiences to prepare you to qualify and register. We are eager to support you and enable you to make the most of your studies.
- Diagnostic radiography is a dynamic, diverse and evolving profession. You will be working with a variety of other professions including nursing, medicine and support staff.
- As a diagnostic radiography student you will have experience in general x-ray, fluoroscopy (in theatre), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound and other specialist modalities.
- You will experience patients from Accident & Emergency, clinics, GP practices and the wards.
- This course has been developed to meet the professional requirements to enable you to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. You will engage in series of theoretical and practice modules throughout the course and there is an equal split between classroom-based learning and practice learning.
A range of placements within an assortment of relevant and exciting settings will need to be undertaken to support your training at each level. Attendance at these placements is compulsory and students may be required to travel or stay onsite for these placement blocks. Currently funding is available through government led schemes to support additional costs of travel and accommodation for eligible students but we advise all prospective students that these costs may need to be funded by the student in advance and claimed back if entitled. Additional costs such as food/drinks will also be the responsibility of students.
We also recommend that students take out membership of their relevant professional body when they embark on the course as they will offer a range of support services which will extend into their professional career and beyond.
