If it’s curriculum you’re after, we have what you need. “Our curriculum offers detailed experience in nuclear medicine techniques while exposing you, the student, to newer imaging modalities such as SPECT scanning and full range of In-Vitro Nuclear Medicine procedures.” Which basically means we stay up-to-date with the newest technology to provide you with an education that will help get you a job when you graduate!
But if it’s trying to discover if this is a field you really want to get into and spend most of your days working in, the only way you’re going to know that for certain is to spend some time discovering what makes this field so fascinating. And to help you do that, we’ve scoured the Internet to give you several articles on the field of nuclear medicine.
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, which we’ve linked to before in this blog, is a fantastic place to start. It covers up-to-date information on the industry and can really help you understand what you’d be getting into, should you choose nuclear medicine as a career.
http://tech.snmjournals.org/
The Cancer Facts website offers an article that discusses how “weekly PET scans during chemotherapy can tell physicians earlier whether the treatment for non-small cell lung cancer is working.” What this means is that nuclear technologists can help doctors determine if treatment is working or not, and thus help save the lives of their patients.
http://www.cancerfacts.com/Home_News.asp?NewsId=2171&CB=14&CancerTypeId=4
A quick search online will reveal several articles showcasing nuclear medicine technology and its ability to help fight the war against cancer.
Nuclear medicine technology can also help save the lives of beloved pets, as the article on MySA.com points out.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA052207.caninecancer.KENS.97561462.html
Come back on Monday as we discuss all things IAMP.
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