How much does it cost to attend the MRI in Practice Course?

As a general guide, all pricing is based on the cost of the UK course:

UK (GMT/BST) - £800 GBP
USA (CST) - $1000 USD
AUSTRALASIA (AEDT) - A$1,600 AUD

Adjusting for inflation, our course is about half the price it was in the year 2000 - yet contains TEN additional lectures. It has never been better value.
The base price of the course is always as shown above.

Non-EU payments may be slightly more than the UK fee because of increased credit card transaction fees imposed following Brexit and the increased cost of Digital Rights Management. Exchange rates will also have an effect on price because the course fee is reviewed annually and does not take exchange-rate fluctuations into account. Discounts and sponsorship may also affect pricing.

Please visit the relevant page for current pricing for each course.

Lectures included in the MRI in Practice Course/Handbook Course Bundle

• Basic Principles
• Image Contrast
• Instrumentation (Equipment)
• MRI Safety
• Spin Echo Sequences
• Fast Spin Echo Sequences
• Gradient Echo Sequences
• Spatial Encoding
• K-space overview
• K-space data acquisition
• K-space filling options
• Artefacts (Extrinsic)
• Artefacts (Intrinsic)
• Protocol Optimisation
• Flow
• Fundamentals of MRI (Revision)
• Protocol Parameters and Tradeoffs (Revision)
• Pulse sequences and Image Contrast (Revision)
• An A-Z of Artefacts (Revision)
• Patient Care and Safety (Revision)
• MRI of the Brain (Technique)
• MRI of the Spine (Technique)
• MRI of the Body (Technique)
• MRI of the Upper Limb (Technique)
• MRI of the Lower Limb (Technique)

Basic Principles (Fundamentals) of MRI (Westbrook)

This is one of the main topics covered on day 01 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Nuclear structure
MR active nuclei 
Alignment
Precession and resonance 
Signal generation 
Relaxation processes

A condensed version of this lecture is also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Image Contrast (Westbrook)

This is one of the main topics covered on day 01 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Contrast definition
MRI contrast parameters
TR
Fat and Water characteristics
Relaxation
T1 Recovery
T1 Recovery time
T1 Contrast and TR
T2 Decay
T2 Decay time
T2 contrast and TE
Weighting
T1 Weighting
T2 Weighting
Proton density weighting
Diffusion Weighting
Stejskal-Tanner gradient scheme
Diffusion-weighted images

A condensed version of this lecture is also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Instrumentation (Equipment) (Dr John Talbot)

This is one of the main topics covered on day 01 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Cryostat
Cold head
Cryogen vent
Cryogen chamber
Helium
Superconductivity
Solenoids
Ramping the magnet
Flux density
Magnet shielding
Shim system
Gradient system
RF system
RF transmitter
RF receiver coils

Elements from this lecture are also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

MRI Safety (Dr John Talbot)

This is one of the main topics covered on day 01 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Safety Zones
Primary magnetic field
Spatial gradient
Projectiles
Translational and rotational forces
Active and passive implants
Intra-ocular foreign bodies
Radiofrequency pulses
Induction effects
Antenna effect
Patient heating
Time-varying gradient magnetic fields
Peripheral nerve stimulation
Acoustic noise and hearing protection
Quench risks

A condensed version of the safety lecture is also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Instrumentation (Equipment) (Dr John Talbot)

This is one of the main topics covered on day 01 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Cryostat
Cold head
Cryogen vent
Cryogen chamber
Helium
Superconductivity
Solenoids
Ramping the magnet
Flux density
Magnet shielding
Shim system
Gradient system
RF system
RF transmitter
RF receiver coils

Elements from this lecture are also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Spin-Echo Pulse Sequences (Dr John Talbot)

This is one of the main topics covered on day 02 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Free induction decay
The mechanism of the 180 degree rephasing pulse
Spin-spin dephasing
T1 vs. T2
Types of spin-echo sequence
Conventional spin echo
Single echo acquisition
Multiple echo acquisition
Clinical applications

Elements from this lecture are also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Fast Spin-Echo Pulse Sequences - Mechanism, Uses and Tradeoffs (Dr John Talbot)

This is one of the main topics covered on day 02 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Fast (Turbo)Spin-Echo, mechanism
Advantages and trade-offs
Blurring
J-coupling
RF deployment
Driven Equilibrium Fourier Transform
Inversion Recovery
"T1" Weighting at suboptimal field strength
Short Tau Inversion Recovery
Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery
Clinical applications

Elements from this lecture are also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Gradient Echo (Fast Field Echo) Pulse Sequences (Westbrook)

This is one of the main topics covered on day 02 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Flip Angles
Gradient Mechanism
Dephasing
Rephasing
Weighting Mechanisms
Extrinsic Parameters
The Steady State
Echo generation
Ernst Angle
Gradient-Echo Sequence Types
Gradient Echo Acronyms
Rewound GE
Spoiled GE
Reverse GE
Balanced GE
Turbo GE
Single Shot GE
Echo-Planar Imaging
Hybrid Sequences

Elements from this lecture are also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Spatial Encoding in MRI (Dr John Talbot)

This is a topic covered on day 03 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Historic background
Gradients in spatial encoding
Gradient functions
Slice selection
Slice location
Slice thickness
Slice gap
Field of view
Phase and frequency
Sampling waveforms
Temporal frequencies
Spatial frequencies
A novel vector model (Plewes)
Acquiring an image - phase and frequency encoding
Relating the data to the image
Fourier transformation

Elements from this lecture are also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

K-space 01 (introduction) (Westbrook)

This is a topic covered on day 03 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Revision of gradient mechanisms in pulse sequences
k-space functions and characteristics
The Chest of Drawers Analogy
Cartesian filling of k-space in a basic pulse sequence
How k-space is used to optimise image quality


You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

K-space 02 (Data-Acquisition and Image Production) (Westbrook)

This is a topic covered on day 03 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Revision of spatial encoding
Sampling and analogue to digital conversion (ADC)
The Wheel Analogy
The Runner on the Track Analogy
User-friendly Fourier Analysis
How data points in k-space create MR images
The receive bandwidth - its importance in protocol optimisation
Advantages and disadvantages of each technique in clinical use


You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

K-space 03 (Non-Cartesian Filling Methods) (Westbrook)

This is a topic covered on day 03 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Partial Fourier
Fast or Turbo spin echo pulse sequences
Respiratory Ordered Phase Encoding
Centric k-space filling
Single and multi-shot
Radial k-space filling
How k -space determines image geometry
Parallel and compressed imaging


You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Protocol Optimisation (Westbrook)

This is a topic covered on day 04 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

What is meant by a protocol.
Balancing image quality and scan time
Signal to noise ratio.
Field Strength.
Coil choice.
Coil position.
Time to Repeat.
Time to Echo.
Flip angle
Number of signal averages.
Receive bandwidth.
Contrast to noise ratio.
Spatial resolution
Voxel volume
Scan time.
Phase matrix.
Trade-offs

Elements from this lecture are also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Image Artefacts in MRI (Extrinsic) (Dr John Talbot)

This is a topic covered on day 04 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Aliasing
Array Processor Error
Cross-Excitation
Damaged Coils
Extraneous RF
Field Inhomogeneity
Magnetic Susceptibility
Moiré Fringing
Noise Spike
Nyquist Ghost
Standing Wave
Truncation
Zipper

A condensed version of this lecture is also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Image Artefacts in MRI (Intrinsic) (Dr John Talbot)

This is a topic covered on day 03 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Chemical Shift
Magic Angle
Out of Phase Signal Loss
Phase Mismapping

A condensed version of this lecture is also made available for participants to watch on-demand after the course has finished.

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

Flow and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (Dr John Talbot)

This is a topic covered on day 03 of the MRI in Practice course. The lecture aims to cover all of the important aspects of this subject including:

Flow Phenomena
Entry Slice Phenomenon
Time of Flight
Black-Blood Imaging
Maximum Intensity Projection
Ray Tracing
In-Plane Flow
Plug Flow
Laminar Flow
Gradient Moment Nulling
Turbulent Flow
Stenotic Flow
Flow-Dependent MRA
Inflow Angiograms 2D
Inflow Angiograms 3D
Ramped RF
Multiple Overlapping Thin Slab Acquisition (MOTSA)
Phase Contrast Angiography
ECG-Gated 3D Fast Spin Echo

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

MRI of the Brain (Dr Catherine Westbrook)

This is a topic covered by the Handbook of MRI course which is available free of charge to all MRI in Practice course participants. The lecture covers the following elements:

The Brain - Introduction
Anatomical Landmarks
Common Indications
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Patient Care
Slice Prescription
Protocols
Contrast Agents
Protocol Modifications
Internal Auditory Meati (IAM)
IAM Slice Prescription
IAM Protocols
IAM Examples
Pituitary Fossa
Pituitary Slice Prescription
Pituitary Protocols
Pituitary Examples
Orbits
Orbits Patient Positioning
Orbits Slice Prescription
Orbits Protocols
Orbits Examples
Vascular Imaging
Vascular Imaging Slice Prescription
Vascular Imaging Examples
Image Quality Considerations
Common Artefacts
Flow
Phase Mismapping
Magnetic Susceptibility
Summary

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

MRI of the Spine (Dr Catherine Westbrook)

This is a topic covered by the Handbook of MRI course which is available free of charge to all MRI in Practice course participants. The lecture covers the following elements:

The Spine - Introduction
Anatomical Landmarks
Equipment
Patient Care
Common Indications
Patient Positioning
Protocols - Introduction
Slice Prescription - Cervical Spine
Slice Prescription - Thoracic Spine
Slice Prescription - Lumbar Spine
Pulse Sequences Used
Contrast Agents - Examples
Protocol Optimisation
Common Artefacts
Summary

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

MRI of the Body (Dr Catherine Westbrook)

This is a topic covered by the Handbook of MRI course which is available free of charge to all MRI in Practice course participants. The lecture covers the following elements:

Body MRI - Introduction
The Liver
Liver Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Liver
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Patient Care
Slice Prescription
Liver Protocols
Contrast Agents and pathology examples
Image Optimisation
The Breast
Breast Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Breast
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Slice Prescription
Breast Protocols
Pathology Example
Breast Implants
Image Optimisation
The Prostate Gland
Prostate Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Prostate
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Patient Care
Slice Prescription
Prostate Protocols
Pathology Example
Image Optimisation
Summary

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

MRI of the Upper Limb (Dr Catherine Westbrook)

This is a topic covered by the Handbook of MRI course which is available free of charge to all MRI in Practice course participants. The lecture covers the following elements:

The Upper Limb - Introduction
The Shoulder
Shoulder Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Shoulder
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Patient Care
Slice Prescription
Shoulder Protocols
Contrast Agents and pathology example
The Elbow
Elbow Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Elbow
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Slice Prescription
Elbow Protocols
Pathology Examples
Contrast Agents
The Wrist
Wrist Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Wrist
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Slice Prescription
Wrist Protocols
Pathology Example
Protocol Optimisation in Upper Limb MRI
Common Artefacts
Conclusion

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

MRI of the Lower Limb (Dr Catherine Westbrook)

This is a topic covered by the Handbook of MRI course which is available free of charge to all MRI in Practice course participants. The lecture covers the following elements:

The Lower Limb - Introduction
The Hips
Hip Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Hips
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Patient Care
Slice Prescription
Hip Protocols
Contrast Agents
The Knee
Knee Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Knee
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Slice Prescription
Knee Protocols
Pathology Examples
Contrast Agents
The Ankle
Ankle Anatomy
Indications for MRI of the Ankle
Equipment
Patient Positioning
Slice Prescription
Ankle Protocols
Ankle Pathology Example
Protocol Optimisation in Lower Limb MRI
Common Artefacts
Conclusion

You can find a full list of topics and course content in our brochure.

A-Z of Topics Covered on the Course

We said that this course covers all you need to know at one low price, here is a fairly exhaustive list of the topics covered on the course.

Acoustic noise and hearing damage
Acoustic noise and hearing protection
Acquiring an image - phase and frequency encoding
Active and passive implants
Advantages and trade-offs in MRI
Adverse events in MRI
Aliasing
Alignment
Anatomical landmarks
Ankle anatomy
Ankle pathology example
Ankle protocols
Antenna effect
Array processor error
Balanced gradient echo
Balancing image quality and scan time
Black-blood imaging
Blurring (fast spin echo)
Body MRI
Breast anatomy
Breast implants
Breast protocols
Cartesian filling of k-space in a basic pulse sequence
Centric k-space filling
Chemical shift
Claustrophobia and Anxiety
Clinical applications
CNR and Anatomy
CNR and Exogenous Contrast Media (Gadolinium)
CNR and Fat Saturation
CNR and Pathology
Coherent transverse magnetisation
Coil choice.
Coil position.
Cold head
Common artefacts
Common indications
Compressed imaging
Contrast agents
Contrast agents - examples
Contrast agents and pathology examples
Contrast definition
Contrast to Noise Ratio (Defined)
Conventional spin echo
Cross excitation/crosstalk
Cryogen chamber
Cryogen vent
Cryostat
Damaged coils
Dephasing
Dielectric effect (standing wave artefact)
Diffusion weighting
Diffusion-weighted images
Driven equilibrium Fourier transform
ECG-gated 3D fast spin echo
Echo generation
Echo-planar imaging
Effective TE
Elbow anatomy
Elbow protocols
Electromagnetic radiation
Energy states
Entry slice phenomenon
Equipment
Ernst angle
Extraneous RF
Extrinsic parameters
Fast field echo
Fast (turbo) spin echo
Fast (turbo) spin-echo, mechanism
Fast (turbo) spin echo pulse sequences
Fast Fourier Transform
Fat and Water characteristics
Fat/water shift (chemical shift)
Field inhomogeneity
Field of view
Field strength.
Flip angles
Flow phenomena
Flow-dependent MRA
Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (flair)
Flux density
Fourier analysis
Fourier transformation
Free induction decay
Frequencies
Frequency encoding
Ghosting (Phase Mis-mapping)
Gradient echo
Gradient echo acronyms
Gradient echo summary
Gradient functions
Gradient mechanism
Gradient moment nulling
Gradient system
Gradient-echo sequence types
Gradients in spatial encoding
Helium
High-velocity signal loss
Hip anatomy
Hip protocols
Historic background
How data points in k-space create MR images
How k -space determines image geometry
How k-space relates to image quality
Hybrid sequences
Hydrogen
IAM protocols
IAM slice prescription
Image optimisation
Image production
Image quality considerations
In-plane flow
Indications for MRI of the Ankle
Indications for MRI of the Brain
Indications for MRI of the Breast
Indications for MRI of the Elbow
Indications for MRI of the Hips
Indications for MRI of the Knee
Indications for MRI of the Liver
Indications for MRI of the Prostate
Indications for MRI of the Shoulder
Indications for MRI of the Wrist
Induction effects
Inflow angiograms 2D
Inflow angiograms 3D
Inhomogeneity of B0
Internal auditory meati (IAMs)
Intra-ocular foreign bodies
Inversion recovery
Inversion recovery sequences
J-coupling
K-Space Filling Error
K-space functions and characteristics
Knee anatomy
Knee protocols
Laminar flow
Larmor frequency
Liver anatomy
Liver protocols
Magic angle
Magnet shielding
Magnetic susceptibility
Magnetism
Maximum intensity projection
Moiré fringing
MR active nuclei
MRI contrast parameters
MRI safety
Multiple echo acquisition
Multiple overlapping thin slab acquisition (MOTSA)
Net magnetic vector
Noise spike
Nuclear structure
Number of signal averages (NSA).
Nyquist's ghost
Orbits
Orbits examples
Orbits patient positioning
Orbits protocols
Orbits slice prescription
Out-of-Phase imaging
Out-of-Phase signal cancellation
Parallel and compressed imaging
Partial Fourier
Passive implants (aneurysm clips)
Patient care
Patient comfort and immobilisation
Patient heating
Patient positioning
Patient screening
PD weighting
Peripheral nerve stimulation
Phase
Phase and frequency
Phase contrast angiography
Phase encoding
Phase matrix
Phase mis-mapping
Pituitary examples
Pituitary fossa
Pituitary protocols
Pituitary slice prescription
Plug flow
Precession
Precession and resonance
Primary magnetic field
Projectiles
Prostate anatomy
Prostate protocols
Protocol modifications
Protocol optimisation
Protocols
Proton density weighting
Pulse sequences used
Pulsed electromagnetic field
Quadrature ghost
Quench risks
Radial k-space filling
Radiofrequency pulses
Radiofrequency transmitter coil
Ramped RF
Ramping the magnet
Ray tracing
Receive bandwidth.
Receiver coil
Relating the data to the image
Relaxation
Relaxation processes
Rephasing
Resonance
Respiratory ordered phase encoding (ROPE)
Reverse GE
Rewound (coherent) gradient echo
RF deployment
RF leak
RF receiver coils
RF system
RF transmitter
Safety zones
Sampling
Sampling and analogue to digital conversion (ADC)
Sampling waveforms
SAR and scanning modes
Scan acquisition time
Scan Time vs Pulse Sequence Parameters
Shim system
Short tau inversion recovery (stir)
Shoulder anatomy
Shoulder protocols
Signal detection
Signal generation
Signal to noise ratio.
Single and multi-shot
Single echo acquisition
Single-shot GE
Slice gap
Slice location
Slice position
Slice prescription
Slice selection
Slice thickness
Slice thickness (transmit bandwidth)
Slice-selective excitation
SNR factors
SNR vs Field of View
SNR vs Flip Angle
SNR vs Matrix
SNR vs Number of Signal Averages (NSA) (NEX) (NAQ)
SNR vs Receiver Bandwidth
SNR vs Receiver Coil
SNR vs Slice Thickness
SNR vs TE
SNR vs TR
Solenoids
Spatial frequencies
Spatial gradient
Spatial resolution
Spatial Resolution vs Frequency Matrix
Spatial Resolution vs Matrix
Spatial Resolution vs Phase Matrix and Rectangular FOV
Spin-spin dephasing
Spins vector model
Spoiled GE
Spoiled gradient echo
Standing wave
Stejskal-Tanner gradient scheme
Stenotic flow
Superconductivity
Susceptibility
T1 Contrast and TR
T1 recovery
T1 recovery time
T1 weighting
T1 weighting at suboptimal field strength
T2 contrast and TE
T2 decay
T2 decay time
T2 weighting
TE and image contrast
Temporal frequencies
The ankle
The antenna effect and implant heating
The brain
The breast
The elbow
The electromagnetic spectrum
The hips
The induction effect and patient heating
The knee
The liver
The lower limb
The mechanism of the 180 degree rephasing pulse
The prostate gland
The receive bandwidth in protocol optimisation
The shoulder
The spatially-varying field
The spin echo
The spine
The steady state
The upper limb
The wrist
Time from inversion (TI)
Time of flight (TOF)
Time to Echo (TE)
Time to Repeat (TR)
Time-varying gradient magnetic fields
TR and image contrast
Trade-offs
Translational and rotational forces
Truncation
Turbo GE
Turbulent flow
Types of spin-echo sequence
Undersampling (truncation, Gibbs' artefact)
Vascular imaging
Vascular imaging examples
Vascular imaging slice prescription
Venetian blind artefact
Voxel volume
Weighting
Weighting mechanisms
What is meant by a protocol.
Wrap (aliasing)
Wrist anatomy
Wrist protocols
X gradient malfunction
Y gradient malfunction
Zipper

Check Dates on Our Course Calendar

Check our course calendar to see the dates for all of our forthcoming courses.

In summary our next courses are:

Australia [intdates-B2] … [intdates-C3] (split into two deliveries of 2 days each).

USA [intdates-B17] … [intdates-C17] (split into two deliveries of 2 days each).

I would like to organise a course with you

We are happy to collaborate with local organisers in any country, please send an email to ObscureMyEmail and we will get back to you with our terms. Please note that we no longer provide live face-to-face courses. We offer the same experience online.

Is the Handbook of MRI Technique Course available in the UK, USA and Australia?

Yes, it is bundled together with the MRI in Practice Online Course. It is not available as a stand-alone course.

NHS Procurement, Preferred Suppliers, Purchase Orders and Shared Business Services (SBS)

If you require more information to set up a purchase order or for Shared Business Services, please contact us at courseemail and let us know what documents you require.

Are any of your courses open to people living in Russia?

No, our courses are no longer available to people living in Russia or Belarus or any other country supporting the invasion of Ukraine.

Do you still offer live, face-to-face (F2F) courses?

We no longer offer any face to face teaching. This is for several reasons:

1. Course feedback shows that participants much prefer the convenience and general vibe of online courses.

2. We can include more content than in a live course delivery by including streaming on-demand lectures. This offers amazing value.

3. Streaming lectures can be rewound, reviewed and revised, live lectures cannot.

4. It halves the cost for participants because they do not have to pay for travel, accommodation and food.

5. It removes a substantial financial risk for the organisers (hotel and conference venues charge the full delegate day-rate in advance - payable even if participant numbers are less than expected).

6. It makes the course COVID-proof.

How do I enrol on the Handbook of MRI Technique course?

You simply enrol on the MRI in Practice Online Course and the Handbook course is included free of charge. In countries where the MRI in Practice course is not currently offered, the Handbook course was formerly available on a lecture-by-lecture basis.
This service was abused, is now discontinued and will no longer be offered.

Radiation Oncologists and Radiation Therapists

We welcome radiation oncologists and radiation therapists and have been a preferred education provider for both Elekta and Philips Medical Systems who manufacture MRI Linac machines.

Veterinary Radiologists and Radiographers

MRI in Practice is predominantly a CPD course, looking at the fundamental principles of the modality in the context of clinical practice. These apply equally to veterinary practice and we therefore welcome veterinary radiologists and radiographers on the course. We have a long-standing track-record of teaching MRI to these disciplines, in fact before going exclusively on-line we offered the MRI in Practice course in collaboration with veterinary MRI radiologist Amy Zalcman at the University of Missouri veterinary school. Our feedback shows that veterinary practitioners find this course extremely beneficial, giving an average excellence score of 94%. Our course is now also the go-to MRI course for veterinary practitioners in the UK and we attract a large number of veterinary practitioners from Australia (and other countries) on our January course.

Who would benefit from this course? For whom is it intended?

Primarily, MRI in Practice is intended to be a continuing professional development (CPD) course for medical imaging practitioners working in the field (or intending to work in the field) of MRI. We welcome radiographers, technologists, radiologists, radiation therapists, radiation oncologists, veterinary practitioners, veterinary radiographers, physicists, researchers and any other discipline that needs to understand MRI.

Will this course (does this course) make me a qualified MRI practitioner (permit me to work as an MRI practitioner)

We receive quite a few emails asking if this course will make someone a fully qualified MRI practitioner. This is not the case. If you wish to practice medical imaging, you first need to take an undergraduate degree in that field. In the UK, for example, that would be a degree in diagnostic radiography. This course is primarily a continuing professional development course for those already qualified in medical imaging.

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Courses for Australasia

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Courses for Qatar

We occasionally present the course live in Qatar, but the following online courses are open to people living in Qatar.

Courses for Germany

Courses open to German locations such as Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Köln, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Dortmund.

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Courses for Kenya

We used to run the live course in Kenya, the following online courses are now available to people from this region.

Courses for Scandinavia

Courses open to Scandinavia. Denmark (replaces live Copenhagen course), Norway (replaces live Oslo course), Sweden (replaces live Stockholm course), Finland.

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Courses for the Middle East

Courses open to Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain.

Courses for Kuwait

Courses open to Kuwait locations such as Al Aḩmadī, Ḩawallī, As Sālimīyah.

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Who presents the course and what are their qualifications to be lecturing on such courses?

The course is always presented by Dr Catherine Westbrook EdD, MSc, DCR(R), PGc(LT), CT Cert, FHEA and Dr John Talbot EdD, MSc, DCR(R), PGc(LT), FHEA.

As professional academics, Cathy and John both hold Master of Science degrees in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and are both fully-qualified Doctors of Education. This is a key requirement when teaching post-graduates such as radiographers.
These qualifications are important because In addition to mastery of their subject, credible course presenters should be qualified in teaching and learning because that is their role. Anyone who claims to provide educational services (and charges money for those services) must be qualified in education. Educational fraud, including fake courses taught by non-qualified "lecturers" affects over 43 million people per year and costs the victims hundreds or thousands of pounds. Please do not fall for this type of scam.

Before applying for a course - simply ask the provider to give you:

the names of the people who will be presenting the course and
evidence of their qualifications in education (PGCLT or ideally EdD)

Note that this is not the same as their qualifications in radiography, or post graduate qualifications in medical imaging. For teaching radiographers and radiologists the qualification should be an EdD or equivalent. A PhD is not an educational qualification per se., but may be acceptable. Don't be fobbed off with vague statements such as "experts in their field" or "wealth of clinical experience" those statements apply to all radiographers who have been working for a while. What you deserve is a qualified lecturer.

Cathy and John are also both Fellows of the Higher Education Academy. The HEA vision is for students in UK higher education to enjoy the highest quality learning experience in the world and we bring that philosophy to everything we do - including MRI in Practice - The Course.

We are not aware of any other MRI course of this type that is presented by a faculty who are all qualified in both MRI and Education at this level. Please consider this when choosing which MRI course is likely to address your needs. If a course provider is not qualified to teach, it is ethically questionable as to whether they should be selling educational services. Some commercial MRI courses are delivered by speakers who are not qualified in either MRI or Education!

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