Radiography 2024-2025
180 Higher Education Credits, 3 years.
To be accepted as an exchange student at Karolinska Institutet you must be enrolled at a higher education institution that has a written exchange agreement with Karolinska Institutet for the specific study programme of interest. Exchange students should be selected and nominated by their home institution, however the final decision on admission is made by Karolinska Institutet.
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Options in English
For exchange students without very good command of the Swedish language, the study programme in Radiography offers options in English as presented below.
A student can only attend one course at a time. One study week is equivalent to 1.5 ECTS credits. The performance will be graded in accordance with the ECTS grading scale and on the basis of the student's fulfillment of the learning outcomes stated in the course syllabus.
During the clinical rotation the student will be assigned to a clinical supervisor, who is responsible for ongoing instruction and supervision. An appointed lecturer will be responsible for the clinical area in question and participates together with the clinical supervisor in the initial discussion of the student's educational objectives and in evaluations.
Specific requirements
- Previous knowledge equivalent to Semesters 1-4 in the Study Programme in Radiography (to be considered on an individual basis)
Clinical Rotations
The clinical rotation is offered both autumn semester 2024 and spring semester 2025
- 1EE101 Clinical rotation in Radiography, 15 ECTS credits
For more information about the study programme, please visit the programme website (presented in Swedish).
Application
Application deadlines
- 15 April for the autumn semester (end of August to mid-January)
- 15 October for the spring semester (mid-January to the beginning of June)
Christoffer Bodforss
Administrative Officer| Curriculum Radiography 2023-2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester | Course | ECTS Credits |
| 1 | Anatomy and Physiology - communication and movement | 8 |
| Radiography - Clinical Training 1 | 6.5 | |
| Anatomy and Physiology 2 - transport and reproduction | 7 | |
| Radiographic Methodology 1 | 7.5 | |
| Scientific Approach and Methods for Quality Improvement 1 | ||
| 2 | Pathophysiology | 9 |
| Pharmacology and drug calculation | 4.5 | |
| Specific nursing 1 - clinical rotation | 4.5 | |
| Radiology 1 | 4.5 | |
| Radiography - Clinical Training 2 | 7.5 | |
| 3 | Radiology 2 | 7.5 |
| Radiographic Methodology 2 | 7.5 | |
| Specific nursing 2 | 6.5 | |
| Radiography - Clinical Training 3 | 7.5 | |
| Scientific Approach and Methods for Quality Improvement 2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Radiography - Clinical Training 4 | 7.5 |
| Radiographic Methodology 3 | 7.5 | |
| Emergency and Disaster Medicine | 7.5 | |
| Pedagogics and Leadership | 7.5 | |
| 5 | Radiography - Clinical Training 5 | 7.5 |
| Scientific Approach and Methods for Quality Improvement 3 | 6 | |
| Radiology 3 | 4.5 | |
| Specific nursing 3 - clinical rotation | 3 | |
| 5 and 6 | Project work | 15 |
| 6 | Radiography - Clinical Training 6 | 7.5 |
| Elective Course | 7.5 | |
| Elective Course | 7.5 | |
More information about the programme
Radiology clinics today work with both the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, activities in which radiology nurses play a key part.
The ever-increasing complexity of radiological methods can be alienating for patients of any age. It is therefore important that radiology nurses can reassure such patients with well-developed communicative skills that can help to build up a secure relationship between them. Radiology nurses also take the decisions that lead to the most effective form of examination.
The study programme in Radiography provides students with a knowledge of radiography, which is to say the use of X-ray methods to examine patients, and the interpretation of the results thus obtained. Students learn a great deal about radiation and how the equipment they use is designed. They also learn about different diseases and how they show up in X-rays. Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, laboratory work, and clinical training.
Students also gain an early insight into their future career as the on-site training starts in term one and continues for a five-week block each term. Students also gain experience of the work of radiology nurses at a healthcare unit and within the accident and emergency services.
In order to be accepted as an exchange student at KI the applicant must be enrolled at a university that has a written exchange agreement with KI for the specific study programme of interest. Exchange students should be nominated by their home institution. The final decision on admission will be made by KI.
After graduation
Radiology nurses work at radiology clinics in both the public and private sectors.