Theoretical education and clinical training completed – Nuclear Medicine
1. The nature and content of the theoretical education completed. Examples of such courses and the content include:
- biological sciences: anatomy, cross-sectional/relational anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology
- radiation sciences: physics, chemistry, mathematics, radiation physics, radiation science
- nuclear medicine instrumentation, theory and operation: scintillation spectrometers, gamma cameras, bone densitometer, gas-filled detectors, dose calibrators, position emission tomography (PET) scanners, SPECT gamma cameras, computers and ancillary devices, related laboratory equipment, and fundamentals of computed tomography (CT)
- image acquisition, display, networking, archival and retrieval: image/data analysis, picture archiving communication system (PACS), digital manipulation, quality control
- nuclear medicine methodology: radiopharmaceuticals, pharmakinetics, generator elutions, radiation assay testing, preparation of radiopharmaceuticals, radiolabels, labeling blood products, radiopharmaceutical quality control, calculate activity and volume of radiopharmaceutical, laboratory safety procedures, nuclear medicine imaging, molecular imaging, radiation therapy
- radiation protection and safety: radiobiology, radioactive material disposal, storage and handling of radioactive materials, personal radiation monitoring devices, ALARA principle, radiation surveys, decontamination procedures, disposal of radioactive waste
- patient care: administering radiopharmaceuticals by injection or inhalation, infection control, aseptic techniques, emergency response procedures, physiological monitoring, assessment of patient’s condition, responding to patient’s physical and psychological needs, contraindications, consent, post-procedural care, IV & IM injection, ECG placement
- behavioural sciences: written communication skills: records and reporting, interpersonal communication skills, health legislation and professional practice, health care systems and ethical issues, research methodology
2. The nature and content of the clinical training completed. Examples include:
- the names and types of facilities where the clinical training was completed
- whether the clinical training was supervised and the qualifications of the supervisor
- types of patients on whom procedures were performed during the clinical training: pediatric, geriatric, ambulatory, non-ambulatory, emergency, with chronic and acute illnesses
- types of nuclear medicine instruments used during clinical training: scintillation spectrometers, gamma cameras, bone densitometer, gas-filled detectors, dose calibrators, positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, single positron emission tomography (SPECT) scanners, computers and ancillary devices, related laboratory equipment, PET/CT, SPECT/CT
- types of procedures completed during clinical training: therapeutic procedures, cardiovascular system, central nervous system, endocrine system, (gastrointestinal system, genitourinary system, respiratory system, skeletal system, tumor/ inflammatory/lymph, hybrid imaging (PET/CT, SPECT/CT), computed tomography
- types of quality control procedures completed during clinical training: floods, COR’s, etc.
- types of radiopharmaceutical preparation completed during training: generator elution preparation of cold kits, quality control of kits, inventory control, etc.
- types of patient care procedures performed during clinical training: administering radiopharmaceuticals by injection and inhalation, infection control, aseptic techniques, emergency response procedures, physiological monitoring, assessment of patient’s condition, responding to patient’s physical and psychological needs, assessment of contraindications to the procedure, ensuring consent and post-procedural care
