Module Competencies signed-off
SPE152 C1 – Critically appraise the information governance and operational management requirements for departmental systems

C3 – Undertake a range of sys-admin tasks on a nuclear
medicine/diagnostic radiology system

C5 – Discuss interconnectivity requirements of DICOM
SPE153 C2 – Use or write software to manipulate Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) headers. Anonymise DICOM images and use different software to verify the anonymisation

C3 – Describe the data flows involved between a patient being allocated
an appointment and the images finally being reported by a radiologist

C4 – Develop a software application to support either image acquisition
or analysis. The software should be appropriately documented,
commented, tested and, where possible, deployed
SPE156 C1–Critically appraise the IG and operational management requirements for patient and staff data

C4 – Review data security for sensitive information
SPE158 C1 – Undertake a risk assessment on the computer systems related to radiotherapy and the associated network infrastructure

C2 – Identify relevant legislation, data protection and ICT security standards for collection, storage and transmission, and relate to the systems used

C4 – Review and/or produce a project plan for a system upgrade, including risk assessment and subsequent checks

C7 – Review arrangements for data warehousing for archiving and storage, and relevant legislation regarding the required retention time for information (including picture archiving and communication system, Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS))

C8 – Anonymise a range of patient data to meet the requirements of clinical trials
SBI102 C3 – Identify the need for a software application to support image processing and develop the prototype.

C4 – Test and, where possible, deploy the image processing software
SPE325 C1 – Discuss and agree the operation of major ICT hardware, software and networking components

C5 – Critically appraise the ICT standards adopted by the NHS, including Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) and Health Level 7 international Level (HL7)

C6 – Plan and carry out the implementation of ICT components in a controlled fashion, taking into account the impact on existing facilities and clinical service
SPE300 C11 – Participate in the implementation of ICT components in a controlled fashion, taking into account the impact on existing facilities and clinical service.

C13 – Specify, design, develop and test a small database, web application or image processing solution.

DOP – Maintain PC software installation and local area network

Post-2022 syllabus

Module Competencies signed-off
S-CSC-R1 C4 – Follow patient data through the diagnostic/treatment pathway
C5 – Explore an innovation and/or emerging technology in clinical scientific computing and reflect on the impact this will have on practice
C6 – Review a practice in clinical scientific computing and how it is influenced by current/future legislation
C7 – Review the effect of evaluation on competing technologies and reflect on how this guides practice
C9 – Review the quality management systems used in the software development lifecycle, reflect on how this guides practice
S-RP-R1 C10 – Follow the journey of clinical data through the radiotherapy patient pathway and reflect on the journey
S-NM-S4 C6 – Perform basic image analysis
DOP: Anonymise and export clinical data.
S-IN-S1 C19 – Set up and test a DICOM link between two nodes. Send, query and retrieve DICOM instances to/from a remote host
C17 – Develop, validate and document software to analyse images