Nuclear Medicine Technologists are medical radiation practitioners specialising in taking high quality diagnostic images that show how the body is functioning. Very small amounts of radioactive materials (radiopharmaceuticals) are either inhaled, digested, or injected to show how organs are functioning. Specific imaging equipment such as gamma cameras detect these radiopharmaceuticals providing real-time images of biological processes occurring.
Year 1 is an introduction to the use of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of patient conditions, anatomy and physiology, radiation interactions, good patient care and a sense of professional identity, strengthened by 3 weeks of placement in semester 2. Your studies then become more specific to Nuclear Medicine, including an additional 48 weeks of placement with 2 x 12-week blocks in final year.
