Pre-Approved Courses - Accredited Overseas Courses

Selected  international programmes in Diagnostic Radiography/Medical Imaging Technology and Radiation Therapy have been approved by the AIR, allowing graduates to obtain an accelerated assessment of their eligibility for accreditation. The list of approved courses is temporarily unavailable.
  
Graduates from these approved courses are able to apply via a direct application for an AIR Validated Statement of Accreditation.  Applicants using this pathway must have at least one year (full-time equivalent) of clinical experience in their country of origin before applying.  This clinical experience must have been completed within the past five years.  
 
Please refer to the following link for information in relation to demonstration of English language proficiency.  Please note that ALL applicants must provide appropriate evidence of their English language proficiency. 

Only fully completed applications with all the required supporting documentation  will be considered.  Supporting documentation should be certified* copies.  Please do not send original documents as these cannot be returned.
Letters verifying the applicant’s clinical experience from both past and present employers must be included in the application.  The employers’ letters must:
• State the date range of the applicant’s employment
• State the hours of employment per week
• Indicate the full range of modalities performed during the applicant’s employment
• Indicate the time period spent by the applicant in each modality.  This may be actual time spent or the proportion (expressed in percentages) each modality represented of the applicant’s role
• Be signed by the Department Chief, Head of Department, Chief or Superintendent Radiographer/Radiation Therapist or similar
• Be prepared on official, formal organisational letterhead paper
 
Applications involving pre-approved courses will be dealt with in a shorter timeline and an applicant should receive advice of the outcome within one month of receipt. Incomplete applications that do not include all the required documentation may take considerably longer to assess.

The fee for this assessment is $220.00 and payment must be included with the application.   Refer to the application form for methods of payment.  Accepted forms of payment are bank cheque drawn in Australian dollars, MasterCard, Visa Card or American Express.  Cheques must be made payable to the Australian Institute of Radiography and drawn on an Australian Bank.  Overseas currency will not be accepted.  Please do not send cash.

*What is meant by certified copy?  (Note: This may also be referred to as a notarised copy)
Certified/notarised copy of a document means a copy authorised or stamped as being a true and correct copy of the original document by a person or agency recognised by the law of your country to do so.  In Australia, this includes a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Declarations or a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made, such asaccountant, lawyer, medical doctor or police officer.
 
Accredited Australian Courses
 
An applicant whose academic qualifications do not meet the Australian standard and whose application for accreditation has been rejected may receive advice from OQAP to upgrade their qualifications to the Australian standard.  The Universities that conduct accredited courses in Australia are listed below.  These Universities may be approached for the upgrade of the qualifications gained overseas.  The individual Universities may grant recognition for prior learning for some subjects.  The recognition for prior learning are at the discretion of the individual University.
 

Mr Shane Dempsey
Head, Medical Radiation Science
The University of Newcastle
Box 16, Hunter Building
Callaghan   NSW   2308
Australia
tel: +61 2 4921 6667
fax: +61 2 4921 7053
email: shane.dempsey@newcastle.edu.au
web: www.newcastle.edu.au/faculty/health 


Professor Rob Davidson
Head
Discipline of Medical Radiation Science
Charles Sturt University
PO Box 883
ORANGE  NSW   2800
Australia
tel: +61 2 6933 2667
fax: +61 2 6933 2835
email: rdavidson@csu.edu.au
web: www.csu.edu.au/faculty/science/dentistry-health/ 
 

Professor Michael Kassiou
Head of Discipline
Discipline of Medical Radiation Science
The University of Sydney
PO Box 170
Lidcombe   NSW   2141
Australia
tel: +61 2 9351  0847
fax: +61 2 9351 9146
email: m.kassiou@usyd.edu.au
web: www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/medical_radiation/ 


A/Professor Jenny Sim
Head
Discipline of Medical Radiations 
School of Medical Science
RMIT University Bundoora West Campus
GPO Box 71
Bundoora   VIC   3083
Australia
tel: +61 3 9925 7786
fax: +61 3 9925 7466
email: jenny.sim@rmit.edu.au
web: http://www.rmit.edu.au/medicalsciences  


Professor Pam Rowntree
Discipline Leader, Medical Radiations
School of Physical & Chemical Sciences
Queensland University of Technology
PO Box 2434
Brisbane   QLD   4001
Australia
tel: +61 7 3864 2346
fax: +61 7 3864 1521
email: p.rowntree@qut.edu.au  
web: www.qut.edu.au/  


Dr Kerry Thoirs
Undergraduate Program Director
Medical Radiations, School of Health Sciences
University of South Australia
GPO Box 2471
Adelaide   SA   5001
Australia
tel: +61 8 8302 2903
fax: +61 8 8232 2766
email: kerry.thoirs@unisa.edu.au
web: www.unisa.edu.au/hls/ 


A/Professor Jan Mckay
Director of Medical Imaging Science
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
Perth  WA   6845
Australia
tel: +61 8 9266 3151
fax: +61 8 9266 2377
email:  j.mckay@curtin.edu.au
web: www.medicalimaging.curtin.edu.au/


A/Professor Marilyn Baird
Head of Department
Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences
Monash University
Wellington Road
Clayton   VIC   3168
Australia
tel: +61 3 9905 1270
fax: +61 3 9905 4302
email: marilyn.baird@med.monash.edu.au
web: www.med.monash.edu.au/radiography/ 



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