Yes, but only when student is on call. The program will focus on nuclear medicine in relation to clinical medicine. Pertinent physics, instrumentation, radiation protection, and theory and rationale of radionuclide procedures will be covered as a basis for the unit. In vitro procedures will be studied from the point of view of basic tracer studies, correlation with physiologic process, and principles of radioimmunoassay and their interpretation in a clinical setting.
Studies encompass many organ systems with the use of specific radiopharmaceuticals.
The cardiovascular nuclear medicine program will focus on nuclear medicine procedures with cardiac physiology and pathology. Planning and interpretation of studies will be correlated with clinical cardiology. To learn to plan and interpret studies in a given clinical situation. To learn to correlate anatomic, physiologic, and pathologic processes with ultrasound and radiographical studies. They will be familiarized with the treatment machines and basic radiation biology and physics.