Healthcare science - education and training provision: baseline review

6. Aim 4: Current education provision

To analyse the education and training programmes and career frameworks in Scotland to ensure that there is a sustainable HCS workforce for the future

Each of the surveys posed the same questions in relation to the gaps, threats and challenges:

• Are you aware of any gaps in education at this stage and if so please provide any details
• Are you aware of any threats/challenges to the current provision of education and training and if so please provide details

6.1 Opportunities in the current education provision

• Potential to explore part time IBMS accredited degrees, which could benefit those in assistant/associate roles to progress to registration.
• Potential to explore part time provision for MSc. Biomedical Science providing opportunity to continue education.
• Explore the provision of an undergraduate programme in the South East of Scotland for Biomedical Science.
• Explore the provision of a MSc. Transfusion, Transplantation and Tissue Banking programme.
• Public Health Microbiology (PHM) is a relatively new specialism emerging in Scotland and training routes and frameworks are currently under discussion.
• Explore opportunities for Bioinformatics and Data Science. Survey responses reflect there is a need to develop robust structures within this area to support further expansion of the specialism.
• Explore options to provide a quality assured undergraduate Clinical Physiology programme within Scotland.
• Explore options to support educational requirements for Decontamination Scientists.
• Develop opportunities for progression from Clinical Scientist to Consultant Scientist.

Explore opportunities to support educational requirements for Medical Illustrators.