The Nuclear Medicine Technology Program strives to maintain a quality educational environment in order to accomplish the following outcomes:
The Nuclear Medicine Technology Program will:
The student assessment outcomes of the student learning objectives (SLO's) numbered below are currently used by the program to evaluate program effectiveness.
SLO #1: Nuclear Physics: Student will be able to calculate the new specific radioactivity of a sample after an elapsed time period given the initial activity, volume and half-life of the radioisotope.
SLO #2: Radiopharmacy: Student will be able to calculate the radiochemical purity of a radionuclide sample given the origin and solvent front strip count rate or radioactivity.
SLO #3: Radiation Protection: Student will be able to appropriately interpret federal and state regulations and supply the correct radiation warning labels given specified ambient room radiation exposure or exposure rate values.
SLO #4: NM Instrumentation: Student will be able to appropriately interpret NM instrumentation QC measures and reference to the operational capability of the instrument according to regulations and guidelines.
SLO #5: NM Procedures: Student will be able to appropriately prepare, acquire, process, and interpret NM images for quality and pathology within the technologists’ scope of practice.
SLO #6: Patient Care: Student will be able to provide quality patient care in an ethical manner.
SLO #7: Written and Oral Communication: Students will be able to communicate effectively.