The number of students leaving pre-registration diagnostic radiography programmes is highlighted in the latest Approval and Accreditation Board’s (AAB) annual report.
Students failing to complete their studies rose to 14.86%, with 14 education providers having an attrition value of 10% or more.
Therapeutic radiography student attrition decreased by just over two per cent to 24.52%, compared to a four per cent increase the previous year. “However," the report notes, "not everyone provided data, so it is difficult to assume that this is a real decrease in attrition.”
Applications to both diagnostic and therapeutic radiography programmes fell, compared with 2017-18, and the number of students that left a diagnostic course for financial reasons doubled.
Five diagnostic and four therapeutic radiography providers did not have practice educators to support students while they are on placement.
Read the full report, covering the period 1 September 2018 - 31 August 2019.