As a result of an examination of a patient, it may be necessary to refer them for a medical examination using ionising radiations in order to adequately diagnose them and identify the most appropriate treatment regime for them.

The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 places various duties on individuals who are acting in the capacity of an employer, a referrer, an operator and a practitioner. Some individuals may be acting in the capacity of more than one role.

Formal training is not a legal requirement for referrers, though professional guidance has been published by an alliance of health professional organisations that advocates training for non-medical referrers.

This course aims to provide training to help meet the requirements specified in the professional guidance associated with referring patients under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IR(ME)R). 

If you are also acting in the capacity of an employer, an operator or a practitioner that exposes patients to ionising radiation then further training will be required to comply with the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IR(ME)R).

Every delegate will be given access to the course material for 6 months from the date of enrollment. 

Most delegates take approximately 2 hours to complete this training course.

There is a short examination at the end of this course. Upon successful completion of this training, a digital credential (certificate) will be issued by email to the delegate for their records.

Course curriculum

    1. How to use our online learning management system

    2. Course handout and additional information

    3. Course introduction

    1. Introduction to radiation

    2. Quantities used to measure radiation and their units

    3. Sources of radiation

    4. Generation of X-ray radiation

    1. Radiation doses from X-ray examinations

    2. Effects of radiation

    3. Pregnancy and doses to the foetus

    1. Principles of radiation protection

    1. Legislation - IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR17

    1. IR(ME)R roles and responsibilities

About this course

  • £99.00
  • 20 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Feedback from delegates

Tim Button, Cleve Chiropractic

This was a fabulous course. I was extremely impressed with the standard of the presentation and the practical ease of completing the course.

You can purchase multiple quantities of this course by using the links below. A unique coupon code will be emailed to you (normally within 24 hours) to distribute to your other delegates.

  • £99.00

    IR(ME)R for chiropractic referrers (GB version)

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  • £198.00

    IR(ME)R for chiropractic referrers (GB version)

    Buy now for access for yourself plus 1 other person. You will get immediate access to the course materials. A coupon code will be emailed to you (normally within 24 hours), along with the course access details, for you to share with your additional delegate to use.
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  • £297.00

    IR(ME)R for chiropractic referrers (GB version)

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  • £396.00

    IR(ME)R for chiropractic referrers (GB version)

    Buy now for access for yourself plus 3 other persons. You will get immediate access to the course materials. A coupon code will be emailed to you (normally within 24 hours), along with the course access details, for you to share with your additional delegates to use.
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  • £495.00

    IR(ME)R for chiropractic referrers (GB version)

    Buy now for access for yourself plus 4 other persons. You will get immediate access to the course materials. A coupon code will be emailed to you (normally within 24 hours), along with the course access details, for you to share with your additional delegates to use.
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  • £594.00

    IR(ME)R for chiropractic referrers (GB version)

    Buy now for access for yourself plus 5 other persons You will get immediate access to the course materials. A coupon code will be emailed to you (normally within 24 hours), along with the course access details, for you to share with your additional delegates to use.
    Purchase for yourself and 5 other persons

If you are needing to purchase this course for someone else to take then please purchase this course "for yourself" and email us immediately that the course is for someone else. Normally within 24 hours we will issue a coupon code and instructions to you to share with your delegate so that they can access the course and we will then unroll you from the course.

Alternatively please email us at [email protected] and we can issue you with an invoice associated with your delegate's enrollment onto this course. Normally within 24 hours of receipt of payment we will issue a coupon code to you to share with your delegate so that they can access the course.

If you, or your employer, would prefer to pay by Bank Transfer rather than making an online transaction then we can send you an invoice to help enable this. Please email us at [email protected] stating which course you would like delegates enrolled in and state how many delegates. 

For payment via invoice please provide us with your contact details, company name, the appropriate billing address for the invoice, email address for the invoice to be sent to and any purchase order number that needs to appear on the invoice. We will then prepare and dispatch an invoice to you based on these details. Once the invoice has been paid then we will send out a coupon code for use (normally within 24 hours) to allow delegate(s) access to the course(s).

We will plant 10 trees for every delegate who enrolls, or is enrolled, on this course.

We are committed to taking action on climate change. Once a course delegate has signed up for one of our courses we plant the stated number of trees through our partner organisation Ecologi. Reforestation is widely understood as a major natural climate solution. From an ecological point of view we're only just grasping the cost of what life is like without trees. The reforestation projects we fund aren't certified as carbon offsets. The carbon emissions they will sequester will happen in the future.
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