Table 3.
Training route taken by assistant radiographer practitioners
| Training route | CT | Fluoroscopy | Mammography | MRI | Nuclear medicine | Ultrasound | General radiography | Total (%) |
| Foundation Degree | 2 | – | 16 | 3 | – | 1 | 35 | 57 (29.5) |
| Certificate of Higher Education | 1 | – | 22 | 3 | – | – | 27 | 53 (27.5) |
| Diploma of Higher Education | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 21 (10.9) |
| Completed part of undergraduate radiography course a | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 16 | 17 (8.8) |
| Higher National Certificate (Scotland) | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 11 | 14 (7.3) |
| In-house training only | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 2 | 14 (7.3) |
| NVQ level 3 | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 8 (4.1) |
| Btec Higher Diploma | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 (1.0) |
| City and Guilds | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
| Other | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 (4.1) |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 193 |
a
Educational level not stated but likely to be either Certificate or Diploma of Higher Education.