This module will enable the student to apply and enhance their knowledge and skills in research at Level 6. It will help develop an evidence-based approach and a research awareness in practitioners as they enter the profession. Students will have chosen to undertake either a piece of primary research, a clinical audit or a review of published evidence related to the practice of diagnostic radiography in their 2nd year in DRAD 204. They gain skills in the dissertation that will enhance their employability by making them able to undertake research/audit as required by the research strategy of the College of Radiographers and by future employers such as the NHS. In Year 2, students will normally have obtained any ethical or audit approval in the research methods module with help from their dissertation supervisor who is allocated at that time. This supervisor continues into Year 3 and will work with the student on a one to one basis to help them to carry out and write up the review/research/audit. The assessment will be the production of the final dissertation of 6,000 words.