This module is the capstone research dissertation module, which affords the opportunity for learners to study, in depth, a chosen area of interest in Radiotherapy and Oncology.
The dissertation module allows learners to undertake a piece of extended writing in an area of interest in relation to radiotherapy and oncology. Learners can undertake a primary research project or a critical literature review.
Learners will have completed RADT226 in Year 2 which will provide underpinning guidance towards the dissertation. Supervisors will be appointed to guide learners and they will meet at regular intervals to discuss and review progress of the dissertation write-up. The review is a comprehensive literature review on a subject of interest to the individual and related to radiotherapy or oncology. Those who undertake primary research projects will have the opportunity to work closely with researchers and their dissertation supervisor, and those who undertake the review will work closely with their dissertation supervisors. Providing these modes of writing a dissertation will allow learners to play to their strengths and cultivate their academic writing.
The assessment for this module is the submission of the completed dissertation (6,000 words).