{"id":679,"date":"2021-06-24T15:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T14:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=679"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:41:28","slug":"new-trainees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=679","title":{"rendered":"MSc Trainees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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MSc Trainees<\/strong><\/p>

For trainees who are required to undertake an MSc degree as part of their training, we routinely send our trainees to study at University of Glasgow or University of Aberdeen (for Medical Physics), or University of Strathclyde (for Clinical Engineering).<\/p>

Im<\/strong>portant Note:\u00a0 For the 2026 trainee intake, please note that the University of Glasgow MSc in Medical Physics is currently ‘on pause’, and not accepting applications.\u00a0 The University of Aberdeen MSc in Medical Physics will operate as normal.\u00a0 Other MSc options are in the process of being considered.<\/b><\/p>

Successful applicants will be contacted by administrators from the relevant academic centre with initial paperwork, and the SMPCETS operational HQ (at NHS Tayside) will also be in touch with further guidance.\u00a0 Please do not be concerned if this takes a while, as the process can be a little slow.\u00a0 Once the formal offer has been accepted, then it will be necessary to register for the appropriate MSc degree.\u00a0 The initial application needs to be progressed by the trainee directly (around late June or early July), and help will be provided when you reach details about how the course will be paid for.<\/p>

The trainee network\u00a0provides a lot of useful information through their welcome pack, and they will also be in touch to invite successful applicants to become a part of their team.\u00a0 Our colleagues at\u00a0NHS Education for Scotland (NES)<\/a> also have welcome information for all Healthcare Scientists<\/a>\u00a0which may be of interest.\u00a0 Further information is available on\u00a0TURAS Learn<\/a>, which is accessible once an account has been created.\u00a0 For further information about the SMPCETS at this stage, please contact the operational HQ (tay.smpcets@nhs.scot) with any questions, and we will answer as soon as we can.<\/p>

For MSc trainees who are already on the course, MSc projects will commence in April\/May at your host hospital.\u00a0 Project supervisors will be in touch with arrangements for how, when and where to begin.\u00a0 Projects are due to be completed around July\/August (depending on the MSc course being studied), and MSc presentations will follow shortly afterwards.\u00a0 Over this time period, training coordinators will also be in touch to confirm the training schedule for the Foundation Year (FY) rotations, which will begin in mid September.\u00a0 For precise dates, please speak to your training coordinator about this.\u00a0 The trainee should also let their training coordinator know of any annual leave plans that are known about, as it would be better for this to be factored into the training schedule at this stage.\u00a0 Full information on\u00a0SMPCETS trainee annual leave guidance<\/a>\u00a0can be found via the link.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MSc Trainees For trainees who are required to undertake an MSc degree as part of their training, we routinely send our trainees to study at University of Glasgow or University of Aberdeen (for Medical Physics), or University of Strathclyde (for Clinical Engineering). Important Note:\u00a0 For the 2026 trainee intake, please note that the University of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":77,"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smpcets.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffolder&post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}