BS Medical Imaging Sciences
Duration
8 Semesters, 4 years
credit hours
required
128
Eligibility
Intermediate Pre Medical with minimum 50% marks or equivalent
Objectives
The BS Medical Imaging Sciences program mission is supported by the following program objectives:
Medical Knowledge:
- Providing fine quality education preparing graduates with high-quality education with full-scope radiological services in a professional manner by skilled instructors.
- Training students with sufficient scientific and technological skills with competence and safety in radiography in health care delivery systems.
- Understanding the relationship between basic and clinical sciences and applying the knowledge in clinical sciences to determine appropriate imaging studies.
Patient Care:
- Learning the anatomic appearance of a patient's body parts on imaging studies.
- Learning to recognize changes in follow-up studies and to determine the new additional information that can be used in inpatient care.
Practice-Based Learning Improvement:
- Facilitating and supporting one's own education by utilizing information technology and reading the latest journal publications.
- Assessing, applying and assimilating the investigative knowledge to improve patient care.
Professionalism
- Completing responsibilities reliably
- Demonstrating empathy, integrity and respect
Systems-based Practice
- Recognizing the role of radiation technologist as a member and coordinator of the healthcare team.
- Realizing the role in community and society.
- Producing appropriate written work and technical information for an academic and professional audience.
Research and development
Undertaking innovative research in Medical Imaging, including the development of research questions, research hypothesis, application of investigative, critical discussion methods, critical review, and presentation of results and conclusions.
Role and Scope
There are many opportunities for the graduates in hospitals and teaching sectors to perform patient assessment, patient management, and a variety of radiologic procedures. This field has a broad scope as one can work as/in:
- Clinical areas ranging from prenatal care to surgery and orthopaedics.
- Technical representative for a radiology equipment firm.
- In a hospital or outpatient clinics.
- Researcher in diagnostic imaging or radiation therapy.
- Work in post-secondary educational programs in clinics, colleges and hospitals.
- Radiologic Technologist
- Radiological administrator
- Researcher
- Junior Radiological Scientist
- Lecturer
- Radiological Equipment application expert.
semesters and courses
Semester 1
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ISL-101/ETH-100 | Islamic Studies /Ethics | 2(2-0) |
| ENG-101 | English I (Reading & Writing Skills) | 3(3-0) |
| MATH-101 | Mathematics | 3(3-0) |
| CS-101 | Introduction to Information & Communication Technologies | 3(2-1) |
| BIOC-101 | Biochemistry | 3(2-1) |
| ISL-103 | Teaching of Holy Quran with Translation I | 1(1-0) |
| Credit Hours | 15 (13-2) |
Semester 2
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHSL-101 | Physiology | 3(2-1) |
| ANA-101 | Anatomy | 3(3-0) |
| PS-101 | Pakistan Studies | 2(2-0) |
| ENG-102 | English II (Communication Skills) | 3(3-0) |
| ISL-104 | Teaching of Holy Quran with Translation II | 1(1-0) |
| RAD-111 | Medical Radiological Physics and Radiation Sciences & Technology | 3(3-0) |
| Credit Hours | 15 (14-1) |
Semester 3
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ISL-201 | Teaching of Holy Quran with Translation-III | 1(1-0) |
| ENG-201 | English III (Technical Writing & Presentation Skills) | 3(3-0) |
| PSY-201 | Psychology | 3(3-0) |
| PHARM-201 | Pharmacology | 3(2-1) |
| PATH-201 | Pathology | 3(3-0) |
| ANA-202 | Cross Sectional Anatomy-I | 3(2-1) |
| Credit Hours | 16 (14-2) |
Semester 4
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ISL-202 | Teaching of Holy Quran with Translation-IV | 1(1-0) |
| GEN-201 | Sociology | 3(3-0) |
| SUR-201 | Surgery-I | 3(3-0) |
| MED-201 | Medicine -I | 3(3-0) |
| ANA-203 | Cross Sectional Anatomy-II | 3(2-1) |
| RDS-211 | General Radiology and Basics of Ultrasound | 3(3-0) |
| Credit Hours | 16 (15-1) |
Semester 5
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MGT-301 | Entrepreneurship | 3(3-0) |
| STAT-301 | Biostatistics | 3(3-0) |
| SUR-301 | Surgery—II | 3(3-0) |
| MED-301 | Medicine- II | 3(3-0) |
| GYN-501 | Gynecology and Obstetrics | 3(3-0) |
| RAD-411 | Radiography imaging procedures (X-ray & Fluoroscopy) | 3(2-1) |
| Credit Hours | 18 (17-1) |
Semester 6
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GEN-302 | Patient Care | 2(2-0) |
| RESH-301 | Research Methodology | 3(2-1) |
| RAD-312 | Principles of Echocardiography | 3(2-1) |
| RAD-313 | Obstetrical Ultrasound | 3(2-1) |
| RAD-314 | Abdominal and Gynecological Ultrasound | 3(2-1) |
| RAD-315 | Computed Tomography (CT)-I | 3(2-1) |
| Credit Hours | 17 (12-5) |
Semester 7
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| RAD-311 | Musculoskeletal Ultrasound & Small parts ultrasound | 3(2-1) |
| RAD-412 | Basics of Doppler & Vascular Ultrasound | 3(2-1) |
| RAD-413 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | 4(2-2) |
| RAD-414 | Computed Tomography (CT)-II | 3(2-1) |
| RAD-415 | Mammography Radiological Techniques | 3(2-1) |
| Credit Hours | 16 (10-6) |
Semester 8
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| RAD-416 | Research Project | 6(0-6) |
| RAD-417 | Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Techniques | 2(2-0) |
| RAD-418 | Advances in Medical Imaging Technology | 3(2-1) |
| RAD-419 | Angiography and Cardiac Imaging | 2(1-1) |
| RAD-420 | Interventional Radiology | 2(1-1) |
| Credit Hours | 15 (6-9) |