E138: Diana Hurnall - From Therapeutic Radiographer to Trainee Clinical Scientist

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Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Diana Hurnall as part of the Education and Workforce Development series (part 52).

Discussion about Diana’s career as a therapeutic radiographer, why she switched to the scientist training programme and what the future holds for her.

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1) read about the Scientist Training Programme (STP): https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/

2) if you were to change careers, reflect on what you might retrain to become and why.

3) consider ways to highlight the vital work clinical scientists do for people living with and beyond cancer within your practice.

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Links from podcast:

Scientist Training Programme: https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/

NHS Careers: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/healthcare-science/how-become-healthcare-science-professional

Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM): https://www.ipem.ac.uk/

NHS Radiotherapy Engineering Apprenticeship Example: https://www.iop.org/careers-physics/your-future-with-physics/apprentice/george-stewart#gref

King's College London provision for the academic part of STP:

Postgraduate | School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences | King’s College London(kcl.ac.uk)

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