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93RN700 — NUCLEAR MEDICINE
93RN700 — NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Description:
It is the primary objective of this elective to acquaint the student with the utility and the limitations of nuclear imaging techniques and to enable him/her to request studies judiciously and place the interpretation in its proper perspective. The students will become familiar with techniques of nuclear imaging and will participate in their interpretation. Time is permitted for reading and teaching file experience.
Elective Details:
Primary Contact for Add/Drops: Carlene Webb-Burton (cwebbbur@iu.edu)
Director: Korbin Davis, M.D., M.P.H.
Campus: Indianapolis
Location: IU Health University Hospital
Other Faculty: Dr. Aaron, Dr. Sims, Dr. Tann, Dr. Yuan, Dr. Westphal
Open Enrollment or Permission Required?: Open Enrollment (during initial electives scheduling only)
Learning Objectives
- 1) Name the common nuclear medicine and PET examinations and their common indications (PC1)
- 2) Judge when a nuclear medicine examination should be ordered instead of another radiologic examination (PC3)
- 3) List the emergent nuclear medicine examinations and be able to distinguish between a positive and negative exam (PC3)
- 4) Identify the radiotracer used in common examinations and name its half-life and energy (MK1)
- 5) Relate the radiopharmaceutical to the physiologic process that is being imaged (MK3)
- 6) Discuss the typical evaluation and treatment of a patient with thyroid disorders (MK4)
- 7) Compare patient preparation and imaging protocols of different imaging examinations as they follow selected patients undergoing examinations in the department (PBLI1)
Assessment
Clinical Performance Evaluation Form; (All clinical evaluation based on interaction with faculty/fellows and residents and will likely include, but is not limited to, direct observation by the faculty and fellows/residents and discussion with faculty and fellows/residents).
Activities
Review cases with the help of the resident Participate in faculty readout sessions with the resident Participate in the daily didactic session (lecture, interesting case conference, journal club, etc.)
Enrollment Information
Prerequisites: 4th year status.
Availability with Max Students per Rotation:
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Duty Hours: 30
Time Distribution: 70% Clinical; 10% Lab; 20% Library
Elective Type Category: CP - Clinical Practice
Notes and Enrollment Information:
THIS ELECTIVE PARTICIPATES IN OPEN ENROLLMENT Enrollees should arrive to the nuclear medicine reading room in the basement of University Hospital (Room 0656) at 9:00 am on the first day of the rotation.
Third Year Elective? No
Interprofessional Skills and Service Learning
Interprofessional Collaborative Skills: None
Service Learning Included: None