Clinical Practicum and Shadowing (Nuclear Medicine)

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The course gives hands on experience in clinical nuclear medicine. It covers topics drawn from gamma cameras, PET systems, surgical probes, dose calibrators, technetium generators, and well counters, and it is aimed at learning operation principles, calibration, and quality control methods. Depending on the number of credit hours, students will spend time in some or all of the following: the PET facility, nuclear cardiology, nuclear medicine, and the radiopharmacy, and the course may include shadowing a clinician, technologist, or physicist while performing. Taught at Duke Kunshan University.