Course Details

Who is it for?

This course is essential for all members of the imaging and radiation oncology team including radiographers, radiologists, oncologists, physicists, technicians, technologists and others.  

Why do this course?

This course will enable you to fulfil your responsibilities safely, effectively, and in compliance with relevant laws and regulations. This video course provides 3 CPD credits in accordance with the CPD Scheme of The Royal College of Radiologists, and has been approved for professional accreditation by the College of Radiographers until March 2026.

About this course

It comprises approximately three hours of narrated video content divided into digestible twenty minute sessions, together with test questions throughout and an assessment at the end, awarding a CPD certificate. Footage includes illustrations, animations, live action, and recorded interviews.

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The course is comprehensive, written by some of the UK’s foremost radiation safety professionals working in clinical settings, peer reviewed, and with contributions from leading experts. It uses proven educational techniques to make it engaging and memorable and it is designed to be relevant to the practical needs of busy professionals.

Course Creators

Course Directors*: Sue Baillie (Chief Radiographer St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London), Bruce Walmsley (Consultant Clinical Scientist and Radiation Protection Adviser, St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London).

Contributors: Steve Ebdon-Jackson (Former Head of Medical Exposures at Public Health England)

Expert Panel: Helen Hughes (Head of Quality & Governance Radiology, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board), Amanda Webster (Radiation Safety/QA Lead, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), and Cristiona Logan (Governance Lead Radiographer, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland).

Editorial Advisor: Sophia Thom (Diagnostic Radiographer, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust).

Interviewees: Andy Rogers (Lead Interventional Medical Physics Expert at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust), Steve Ebdon-Jackson (Consultant, Regulation of Medical Exposures), Holly Warriner (IR(ME)R Clinical Specialist Inspector, Care Quality Commission), James Taylor (HM Principal Specialist Inspector (Radiation), FOD Radiation Team, HSE), Amy Eccles (Consultant Radiologist, Nuclear Medicine, Guys and St. Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London), and Christine Peacock (Radiology Services Manager, Royal Brompton Hospital, London).

*The right of Sue Baillie and Bruce Walmsley to be identified as authors of this Work has been asserted by him/her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.