Program Overview

Nuclear Medicine Technologist Program Curriculum

The Nuclear Medicine Technologist Program is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and clinical experience necessary to become competent nuclear medicine technologists. The program is 16 months in duration, with educational hours between 5:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday, not to exceed 40 hours a week.

Course Descriptions

The program includes the following courses:

• Patient Care in Nuclear Medicine - H EDU 3600 (3 credits) Patient care in nuclear medicine is a required course that provides the knowledge, learning experiences, and skill assessment necessary for technologists to safely and effectively care for nuclear medicine patients.
• Nuclear Medicine Clinical Education I - H EDU 3610 (1 credit) Clinical experience in health care integrates didactic learning into practical settings at JRCNMT-approved clinical sites. Students complete 105 contact hours progressing through levels of responsibility/involvement relevant to level of didactic learning.
• Nuclear Medicine Statistics/Physics - HEDU - 3650 (3 credits) A required quantitative intensive course that provides content and inferential decision-making activities utilizing descriptive statistics to analyze and interpret numerical data utilized in nuclear medicine.
• Radiation Protection and Biology - HEDU - 3900 (2 credits) The radiation biology section covers the background knowledge needed to understand the concepts and importance of radiation protection to include interactions of radiation with living systems and radiation effects of molecules, cells, tissues, and systems.
• Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation - HEDU 3820 (4 credits) Course includes knowledge relevant to the principles, operation, and quality control for non-imaging instruments including monitoring equipment, dose calibrators, well counters, uptake probes, liquid scintillation systems, and the gamma probes.
• Nuclear Medicine Procedures I - HEDU 3800 (3 credits) This course provides the student didactic knowledge of diagnostic procedures currently being performed in nuclear medicine and will focus on the following systems: musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal.
• Nuclear Medicine Clinical Education II - HEDU 3810 (5 credits) Clinical experience in health care integrates didactic learning into practical settings at JRCNMT-approved clinical sites. Students complete 525 contact hours progressing through levels of responsibility/involvement relevant to level of didactic learning.
• Nuclear Medicine Procedures II - HEDU 4000 (3 credits) This course provides the student didactic knowledge of diagnostic procedures currently being performed in nuclear medicine and will focus on the following systems and areas: respiratory, central nervous, hematology, endocrine/exocrine, immunology, oncology/inflammation, and radionuclide therapy.
• Nuclear Medicine Certification Preparation - HEDU 4050 (2 credits) This course will provide the students with the necessary information, tools, and guidelines to successfully pass the national certification examination in nuclear medicine technology offered by the NMTCB and the ARRT.
• Introduction to Nuclear Pharmacy - PHARM 7541 (2 credits) The theory and practice of radiopharmacy, including preparation, calculation of the dose to be administered, quality control, radiation safety, and applicable regulations.
• Nuclear Medicine Clinical Education III - HEDU 4010 (5 credits) Clinical experience in health care integrates didactic learning into practical settings at JRCNMT-approved clinical sites. Students complete 525 contact hours progressing through levels of responsibility/involvement relevant to level of didactic learning.

Computerized Tomography

A comprehensive curriculum in CT to include the didactic and clinical experiences necessary to practice and complete the CT-ARRT examination.

• Didactic coursework in cross-sectional anatomy, CT procedures, patient care, physics, and instrumentation
• Clinical education to include an additional 220 dedicated clinical hours performing CT procedures

CT Course Descriptions

• CT Anatomy/Procedures - HEDU 4700 (2 credits) Content provides detailed coverage of sectional anatomy and procedures for CT imaging.
• CT Clinical Education - H EDU 4710 (4 credits) Clinical experience in health care integrates didactic learning into practical settings at approved clinical sites.
• CT Physics: Instrumentation and Imaging - H EDU 4720 (1 credit) This course is designed to impart an understanding of the physical principles and instrumentation involved in computerized tomography.