This programme will provide medical and science based students with comprehensive academic knowledge, understanding and practical skills in the field of obstetric ultrasound and fetal medicine, specifically in the areas of ultrasound technical skills, fetal development, prenatal diagnosis and fetal medicine. This master programme will run in parallel with a practical professional training programme in obstetric ultrasound.
You will develop a knowledge and understanding of the field of prenatal genetics and fetal medicine. You will learn how to scan, the basic science behind this health care technology, the principles of pregnancy and fetal development and their associated abnormality.
During the course of 2 years you will be taught how to scan in the Ultrasound Screening Unit at UCLH which provide care for more than 6500 pregnant women per year. You will spend during the second year of the programme one month in the Fetal Medicine Unit of UCLH scanning women with pregnancies complicated by fetal anomalies and other complex problems under the supervision of Fetal Medicine consultants.
To be eligible for this course applicants must first be short listed for the position of ‘Sonographer Trainee in Obstetric Ultrasound and Fetal Medicine’ at UCLH.
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UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.
On completion of the programme you will have gained the knowledge around performing ultrasound in pregnancy (nuchal, anomaly and fetal wellbeing assessment), from basics and principles of ultrasound to the understanding of fetal physiology, pregnancy pathology and fetal malformations.
Compulsory modules
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