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1.00 Credits
This class is a continuation of Seminar II and, in addition, will include a comprehensive review of the content areas covered by the American Registry of Radiological Technologists (ARRT [N]), and the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) examinations.
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5.00 Credits
This course sequence introduces to the student how a diagnostic study is completed from start to finish. Pre-study preparations will be emphasized including scheduling of patients, choosing the proper radiopharmaceutical, basic patient preparations, and providing patient care and maintaining communication. General study procedures will then be introduced by reviewing the applicable anatomy/physiology and methods of pharmaceutical localization, discussing the performance of imaging procedures including selecting the proper camera or instrument, introducing proper patient and camera positioning, utilizing imaging techniques and methodologies, and performing data manipulation, image processing, and image critique. Adult/pediatric considerations and procedures will be discussed.
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5.00 Credits
This course will continue to emphasize the fundamentals previously introduced in Section I while covering procedures that study the cardiovascular, central nervous, endocrine, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal systems. Adult/pediatric considerations and procedures will be discussed. Cross sectional or SPECT images will be emphasized.
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5.00 Credits
This course will continue to emphasize the fundamentals previously introduced in Sections I and II while covering additional procedures that study the hematological system, infection imaging, and tumor imaging. Special emphasis will be placed on Positron Emission Tomography (PET) methodologies including fusion technologies that allow the superimposition of PET with CT or MRI Images. Adult/pediatric considerations and procedures will be discussed. Therapeutic procedures will also be studied including therapies of the endocrine, hematological, intracavitary and skeletal systems. An in-depth study of federal (NRC and FDA) and state regulations regarding therapy procedures will be reviewed.
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2.00 Credits
In this first clinical practicum, the student will rotate through clinical hospitals and private offices and, while accompanied by a registered Nuclear Medicine Technologist, will become familiar with the care and positioning of the patient and camera. Proficiency requirements are completed using a competency-based format. Students are required to complete a portion of the “Required and Elective Procedures” list that will be reviewed at the completion of each practicum course. This “Required and Elective Procedures” list will need to be 100% completed by the end of Clinical Practicum V. A special form will be utilized to allow the student to list how the study was conducted. This same form will be utilized in the “Projects in Nuclear Medicine” class. Technologist film critique and physician interpretation are incorporated into the form to provide a correlation of all factors that comprise a finished nuclear medicine image(s) to include an analysis of the structure or organ that was imaged/counted, patient positioning, radiation protection, and date processing. A one hour weekly seminar is included in this course.
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2.00 Credits
As a continuation of Clinical I, Clinical II provides the practical experience for the student to work more independently as a technologist and is designed to enhance and compliment didactic/lab studies. Nuclear medicine imaging/counting procedures, instrumentation, radiopharmaceutical injection/patient preparation, data and image processing, and assisting with quality assurance procedures will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
As a continuation of Clinical II, Clinical III provides the practical experience for the student to work more independently as a technologist, and is designed to enhance and complement didactic/lab studies. Nuclear medicine imaging/counting procedures, instrumentation, radiopharmaceutical preparation under supervision, radiopharmaceutical injection/patient preparation, data and image processing, and performing/critiquing quality assurance procedures are emphasized. Film critique and physician review are continued.
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3.00 Credits
As a continuation of Clinical III, Clinical IV provides the practical experience for the student to work more independently as a technologist, and is designed to enhance and complement didactic/lab studies. In addition to the hospital rotations, students are to begin rotational shifts in the commercial/hospital based radiopharmacies, radiation safety offices, radiologist/nuclear medicine physician reading rooms, and human resource departments. They are to prepare radiopharmaceuticals, communicate to patients, conduct imaging/counting/therapeutic studies, perform data and SPECT analysis, conduct image processing, and perform quality assurance procedures with little supervision. Film critique and physician review are continued.
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3.00 Credits
As a continuation of Clinical IV, Clinical V provides the practical experience for the student to work more independently as technologist, and is designed to enhance and complement didactic/lab studies. Students in addition to the hospital rotations are to continue to rotate through commercial/hospital based radiopharmacies, radiation safety offices, radiologist/nuclear medicine physician reading rooms, and human resource departments. Students will be required to present their completed “Required and Elective Procedures” list in which they will prove their competency to perform the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals, communicate to patients, conduct imaging/counting/therapeutic studies, perform data and SPECT analysis, conduct image processing, and perform quality assurance procedures with little supervision. Film critique and physician review are continued.
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1.00 Credits
This course will allow students to critique how a nuclear medicine study was conducted and to understand differential diagnosis based on that study. Cases presented will come from the archives of the clinical sites or the Society of Nuclear Medicine either in the form of films to be shown on a view box, computer display, or from a CD-ROM that can be viewed off site if necessary. The students will also present interesting cases. Students will be responsible for filling out a critique and diagnosis form for each case reviewed.
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