RLTN 4525 - Advanced Clinical Practice

Credit Hours 1
Description: This course is designed to be taught in parallel with the Basic Sciences course and focuses primarily on the technical and operational aspects of performing clinical nuclear medicine procedures-including verification of orders, patient preparation and contraindications, explanation of procedures, administration of appropriate radiopharmaceutical by the proper route, preparation of proper instrumentation and auxiliary equipment as indicated by protocol, processing images or data, and analysis of quality. Various clinical procedures useful in the diagnosis of pathological conditions in each primary organ system will be identified. In addition to diagnostic procedures, techniques and applications of radionuclides for radiotherapy procedures are also covered.