The MSc in Medical Physics is for those who want to explore aspects of medical physics, in particular medical imaging and the physics of radiotherapy, at postgraduate level.
The MSc includes two compulsory 60-credit taught modules (S809, Imaging in Medicine and S819, Radiotherapy and its physics) and a Project Module. The two taught modules use the innovative teaching methods pioneered by The Open University to provide you with a good knowledge of the subject as well as giving you a chance to explore a topic of your choice in further depth. The project module allows you to undertake a substantial piece of independent research based on the knowledge and skills you will have developed in the taught modules.
We suggest you start your studies with S809, Imaging in Medicine and you must have successfully completed at least one, and preferably both S809 and S819, Radiotherapy and its physics before you take the Project Module. Our 60-credit modules require 16 hours a week in study time.
Please read Is S809 the right module for you? and is S819 the right module for you? before you register to check that you are well prepared to start.
If you have a background in physics/engineering and currently work or wish to work in aclinical setting, there is an additional pathway through the qualification which is accredited by the UK Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM). If you are following the IPEM pathway you will need to make sure that your project is of a practical, investigative nature requiring laboratory work or computing. If you are on the IPEM pathway you will also have to study an additional 10-credit module (S829).
Further information about this award and the modules within can be found here.