Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (MIRT)

Do you have a passion for the technical professions in healthcare? Do you like to interact with other people? Do you have good communication skills? Then Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy may be the course for you. In this programme, you will learn everything about medical imaging in radio-diagnostics, radiotherapy, ultrasound and nuclear medicine.

The bachelor’s programme Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (MIRT) is a 4-year, full-time programme. In these 4 years, you’ll learn how to use medical equipment in order to prepare, execute and process visual imaging research and treatment. You’ll be trained as the professional link between technology, safety and patient care. The programme covers how the human body functions, which examination you can perform when presented with a clinical case, which equipment you should use for diagnoses or treatments and how these devices work. We’ll teach you the effects of radiation and radioactivity on the human body and how you can protect yourself and your patient against these effects.

Why the MIRT programme at Fontys?

• The programme offers good balance between practical and theoretical study with a strong emphasis on practical work.
• We offer excellent studying facilities and the classes are small, which provides a supportive and motivating learning environment.
• You work with real patients, so that you get the needed work experience to become a well-rounded professional.

What are you going to learn?

You will learn to use medical equipment to prepare, perform and process imaging studies and treatments. You are a link between technology, safety and patient care. You will learn how the human body works, which examinations go with which disease, which equipment is needed and how this equipment works.

You learn:

• All about radiation and radioactivity and how to protect yourself against it.
• Working with advanced equipment for medical imaging.
• Combination of theory and practice: learning by doing.