It’s not every day you’re able to give your physics teacher an ultrasound scan – but on a visit to our Radiology department at Queen’s Hospital, one Chigwell school student got to do just that!

Thanks to our long-running partnership with the school, 18 physics students were given a behind the scenes tour.

They had the chance to try out our ultra-sound scanner, get a closer look at our x-ray machine and hear all about how gamma cameras are used to detect cancer in our patients, and devise treatment plans.

It was the fourth time a group of students, in the first year of their A-levels, were invited into our hospital. The aim is to help them find out more about the medical physics they’re learning in class, by seeing it in a practical environment.

Bryan Porter, Head of Physics, said: “It’s really impactful for the students to see it in action. It brings thing to life much more than we can in the classroom.

“I’ve come with each group of students to the hospital, and they always say they enjoy it. They’ve just done their AS levels and this is part of their further studies. It’s a really good opportunity for them.”

Pictured are Roger Mitcalfe, our ultrasound superintendent, a Chigwell School pupil and Head of Physics Bryan Porter.