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School of Nuclear Medicine Technology - Curriculum and Rotation

Curriculum
The 12-month clinical-based internship curriculum provides students with a comprehensive body of knowledge and the necessary skills expected of a competent program graduate. The curriculum provides skills for a lifetime of continued learning, rewarding careers and to become leaders in the nuclear medicine community:

  • Management and Methods of Patient Care
  • Radiation Safety and Protection
  • Nuclear Physics and Instrumentation
  • Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging Practicum
  • Clinical Nuclear Imaging Procedures
  • Radionuclide Chemistry and Radiopharmacy
  • Radiation Biology
  • Computer Applications
  • Clinical Correlation and Pathology
  • Radiation Detection and Instrumentation
  • Technical Mathematics
  • Quality Control
  • Cross Sectional Anatomy
  • Introduction to CT

Clinical Rotation
Another aspect of the curriculum includes supervised clinical education, which offers a sufficient and well-balanced variety of nuclear medicine procedures, examinations and equipment. Various rotations include:

  • Three nuclear cardiology imaging rooms
  • Six general nuclear medicine imaging rooms
  • Positron Emission Tomography (PET) facility
  • PET/CT facility
  • Radiopharmacy
  • Radiation Safety Section
  • Computer lab
  • Pediatric clinical education will be obtained at Children's Memorial Hospital and the University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Program Hours
The program is scheduled for eight hours a day, five days per week.