RLTN 4517 - Clinical Procedures

Credit Hours 1
Description: This clinical nuclear medicine experience/training consists of a series of clinical rotations using the clinical nuclear medicine facilities at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, and the VA Medical Center. Rotations include nuclear pharmacy, and in vitro lab, patient care, cardiac stress testing, general nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography imaging procedures in adults and children, and quality assurance. The imaging rotations are established so that each student is assigned to a singe independent work assignment supervised by a board-certified technologist, a radiopharmacist (radiopharmacy rotation), or a radiology registered nurse (nurse rotation). Rotations may be modified as needed during the second set of rotations to address noted deficiencies of specific students. Students receive written evaluations weekly from the supervisory staff. Proficiency testing is accomplished during later rotations in the form of clinical competency requirements.