School of Diagnostic Imaging

Nuclear Medicine Program

The Curriculum

The program consists of 15 months of clinical
practice and classroom instruction with a team of
faculty and adjunct faculty consisting of radiologists, physicists, medical physics technologists and nuclear medicine technologists. Academic instruction includes:

Basic and technical math and statistics
Radioassay
Anatomy and physiology
Pathology
Nuclear physics
Nuclear medicine instrumentation
Radiopharmacy and radiochemistry
General chemistry
Radiation safety and protection
Radiation biology
Patient care and safety
Computer applications
Medical terminology
Medical ethics
Administration and management
Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT)
Immunology as related to nuclear medicine
Quality control and quality assurance

All clinical practice sessions take place at Rhode Island Hospital. Students will be working in the hospital with physicians, radiology professionals and other members of the health care team. The department of nuclear medicine is equipped with the latest technology, such as counters, scintillation—gamma cameras and a PET/CT scanner and
computers. A clinical laboratory is used for performing
radioassays and cell labeling procedures.

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