Tutor quits UCC radiography course over lack of time students work with patients

Radiographers identify and monitor injuries, diseases or trauma, using X-ray, MRI and other scans. File picture

A practice tutor for radiography students training in Cork has quit in protest at funding shortages with claims students sit in libraries instead of working with patients.

Another senior tutor warned that a Workplace Relations Commission process to address nationwide problems is “at an impasse”.