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on this programme or study area, please contact any of the Associated
Staff
- Pat Goodman (see contact details here)
- Aidan Meade (see contact details here)
What is it?
Clinical
Measurement Science is an Allied Health Profession. That
is, Clinical Measurement is a profession that supports the care
of patients in hospitals. Clinical Measurement Scientists work
in multidisciplinary teams in the areas of:
- Cardiology;
- Vascular Physiology;
- Respiratory Physiology;
- Neurophysiology;
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 What
will I do?
Clinical Measurement Science is
very varied. Students
who choose Clinical Measurement Science at DIT choose to be trained
in 3 of the 4 disciplines that are listed above. Examples of what
the students become trained in are:
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients of patients with heart disease
using tests such as Ultrasound Echocardiography, Electrocardiography
(ECG), and Blood Pressure measurements (Cardiology);
- Using Ultrasound Imaging to look at the flow of blood in the carotid
arteries of the neck in patients at risk of stroke (Vascular Physiology);
- Evaluating a patients ability to breathe after drug therapy for
asthma (Respiratory Physiology);
- Determining whether a patient is susceptible to epileptic episodes
using EEG signals, or brain electrical activity (Neurophysiology);
Therefore a Clinical Measurement student has the option of working
as a Clinical Measurement Scientist in any of the 3 areas they choose,
either in hospitals in Ireland or abroad.
What
will I learn?
Clinical Measurement students
are taught how to apply scientific knowledge to the measurement of
physiological signals, and how clinical conditions may be diagnosed
from these signals. This means that
students are not only taught about the physiology and anatomy behind
the signals that they measure and the technology used to measure
them, but also how to interpret and diagnose from the signals. The
first two years are based in DIT, while the 3rd year of the course
includes 25 weeks of hospital internship in hospitals around Ireland.
The student will here receive training in practical aspects of each
of the disciplines they choose. In the final year of the course students
receive further hospital based training (in one discipline) and advanced
clinical and measurement science, with a clinically based research
project for 2 months.
What
can I do with the degree once I have it?
The
demand for Clinical Measurement Scientists is growing all the time as
Medical Care improves. Graduates will mainly be employed as Clinical
Measurement Scientists in hospitals both in Ireland and abroad,
but many past graduates have been employed in industry, universities
and in business. Other graduates have pursued higher research degrees
(Masters and Doctoral degrees) through DIT and elsewhere.
See the following link loadzajobs.ie for some independent information on DIT graduates.
Salary Scales
The following is a link to the IMPACT Health Care Union, which shows
salary scales for Clinical Measurement Scientists such as Cardiac Catheterisation
Technicians, ECG Technicians, Neurophysiological Measurement Technicians
and Respiratory Technicians:
Professional links (Ireland)
Professional links (UK)
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