The aim of this website is to introduce a range of educational resources in MRI, from Catherine Westbrook and John Talbot.
These include books, short courses in MRI for radiographers, technologists and radiologists and formal post graduate distance-learning courses. These courses require no compulsory attendance at the University and lead to various awards up to Masters level.

As academics with a strong alliance to industry and the NHS, Cathy and John are are ideally positioned to offer a range of MRI related educational resources to these sectors.

Catherine Westbrook MSc DCRR PgC (L&T) CTCert FHEA

Cathy is a senior lecturer and post-graduate pathway leader at the Faculty of Health & Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge where she is responsible for post-graduate courses in MRI, CT, Radiography and Radiotherapy.
Cathy is also an independent teaching consultant providing teaching and assessment in MRI and radiographic related subjects to clients all over the world.

Cathy has worked in MRI since 1990 and has a MSc in MRI, a Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching and a Fellowship in Advanced MRI. Cathy is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a qualified Clinical Teacher.

Cathy has taught the MRI in Practice Course for many years and also teaches and examines in alliance with many other national and international courses, including undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. In particular Cathy was involved in the development of the first reporting course for MRI radiographers and the first undergraduate course for Assistant Practitioners in MRI.

Cathy is the author of “MRI in Practice”, currently the World's best selling book in the field of MRI*, “Handbook of MRI Technique” and “MRI at a Glance” and many other chapters and articles.

Cathy has been President of the British Association of MR Radiographers, Chairman of the Consortium for the Accreditation of Clinical MR Education and Honorary Secretary of the British Institute of Radiology.

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John Talbot MSc DCRR PgC (L&T) FHEA

John is a senior lecturer in medical imaging at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. He was formerly Education and Research Radiographer at Oxford MRI/Oxford University. He developed an early interest in MRI as a school-leaver in 1977, and gained an MSc if the field of MRI in 1997.
He now lectures extensively around the World as co-presenter of MRI in Practice | The Course, and also has an alliance with the new Oxford MRI Course which has rapidly gained a well-deserved reputation as being one of the best MRI courses for Radiologists in the UK.

Academically, John is a contributor to undergraduate and postgraduate MRI courses at Anglia Ruskin University and is pathway leader for the undergraduate Certificate of Higher Education in MRI award for assistant practitioners.

In publishing, John is a collaborator and illustrator on the third edition of “MRI in Practice” (Blackwell/Wiley), the new 3rd edition of the "Handbook of MRI Technique" (Blackwell/Wiley) and co-author of “Medical Imaging- Techniques, Reflection & Evaluation” (Elsevier).

John's main interest is exploiting the parallelism between technology and learning and he is currently working on new concepts in the field of virtual learning environments, including the construction of an MRI scanner for (e.g) Second Life (WIP), and more recently, computer generated high definition movies and anaglyph 3D diagrams of MRI concepts for the all-new "next decade" version of MRI in Practice | The Course.