Radiology
TITLE:
INTRO TO NUCLEAR MEDICINE
The student is introduced to nuclear medicine as part of the problem-solving approach for many clinical diagnostic problems. Unique applications, as well as those complementary to other imaging techniques, are emphasized. Therapeutic uses of nuclear medicine are taught. Physics specialization is not required. Students will receive exposure to multiple interdisciplinary conferences.
GENERAL INFORMATION
INTERNATIONAL VISITING:
NO
GRADED:
Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail
STATUS:
Full-Time
OFFERED AS FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME:
NO
ALLOWS OVERLAP:
YES
COURSE LENGTH:
2 or 4 wks
DIRECTOR:
Jennifer Scheler, MD
5135586098
MSB, E688A
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PERSON:
Tosha Feldkamp
feldkatc@ucmail.uc.edu
5135586098
MSB, E688A
SITE(S):
UCMC - University of Cincinnati Medical Center
ROTATIONS:
Rotation |
Dates |
Max |
1 |
07/06/2020 - 07/17/2020 |
1 |
1 |
07/06/2020 - 07/31/2020 |
1 |
1 |
07/20/2020 - 07/31/2020 |
1 |
2 |
08/03/2020 - 08/14/2020 |
1 |
2 |
08/03/2020 - 08/28/2020 |
1 |
2 |
08/17/2020 - 08/28/2020 |
1 |
3 |
08/31/2020 - 09/11/2020 |
1 |
3 |
08/31/2020 - 09/25/2020 |
1 |
3 |
09/14/2020 - 09/25/2020 |
1 |
4 |
09/28/2020 - 10/09/2020 |
1 |
4 |
09/28/2020 - 10/23/2020 |
1 |
4 |
10/12/2020 - 10/23/2020 |
1 |
5 |
10/26/2020 - 11/06/2020 |
1 |
5 |
10/26/2020 - 11/20/2020 |
1 |
6 |
11/23/2020 - 12/18/2020 |
0 |
7 |
01/04/2021 - 01/15/2021 |
2 |
7 |
01/04/2021 - 01/29/2021 |
2 |
8 |
02/01/2021 - 02/12/2021 |
2 |
8 |
02/01/2021 - 02/26/2021 |
2 |
8 |
02/15/2021 - 02/26/2021 |
2 |
9 |
03/01/2021 - 03/12/2021 |
2 |
9 |
03/01/2021 - 03/26/2021 |
2 |
9 |
03/15/2021 - 03/26/2021 |
2 |
10 |
03/29/2021 - 04/09/2021 |
2 |
10 |
03/29/2021 - 04/23/2021 |
2 |
10 |
04/12/2021 - 04/23/2021 |
2 |
11 |
04/26/2021 - 05/07/2021 |
2 |
11 |
04/26/2021 - 05/21/2021 |
2 |
12 |
06/01/2021 - 06/25/2021 |
2 |
NOTE: If a rotation is offered in both 2 and 4 week slots, the max capacity is limited to the actual spots offered for the 4 weeks. (ie: the 2 week rotations listed share the max of the 4 week rotation)
WORKING HOURS:
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., M-F
REPORT 1ST DAY:
You will receive an email with detailed instructions prior to the elective. If you do not, feel free to contact the coordinator at 513-558-6098.
INSTRUCTION
LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
- Case-Based Instruction/Learning
- Clinical Experience - Inpatient
- Conference
- Patient Presentation--Learner
- Research
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT POLICIES:
UCCOM strives to provide medical students with a learning environment that is conducive to their professional growth. All UCCOM and visiting medical students are encouraged to review the Student Handbook.
The Office of Student Affairs and Admissions is available to all UCCOM and visiting medical students to discuss any concerns/questions related to the learning environment. Please call 558-6796 to access faculty/staff that can assist you.
TEACHING:
40% |
Attending Physician |
30% |
Senior Resident |
30% |
Junior Resident |
FEEDBACK:
Elective director
FINAL GRADE:
GRADE ASSIGNED BY:
Course director
OBJECTIVES
Curricular Resources :
We provide all textual material and "up to the moment" current references. Students are not encouraged to purchase a text.
Knowledge/Skills:
1. Expand his/her diagnostic armamentarium by appropriate use of nuclear medicine and other correlative imaging techniques.
2. Understand the application and interpretation of common nuclear medicine procedures relating to brain, liver, lung, bone, thyroid, heart and abscess detection;
3. Demonstrate insight into the consultative role of Nuclear Medicine in the diagnostic process;
4. Grasp the fundamentals of physics and radiochemistry underlying clinical Nuclear Medicine;
5. Demonstrate familiarity with the pattern recognition process required for scan interpretation;
6. Perform a critical review of the literature in a selected topic;
7. Discuss risk/benefit issues pertaining to diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical use;
8. Know the difference in utilization and pharmacology between diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals and those used for therapy.
Main Course Topics :
Nuclear medicine
Cancer diagnosis
Radiopharmaceuticals
Cancer pain therapy
Radionuclides
Myocardial ischemia
Imaging, diagnostic
Myocardial function
Therapy, radionuclide
Infarction localization
Thyrotoxicosis
Cerebral blood flow
Thyroid cancer
Renovascular hypertension
Bone densitometry
Nuclear cardiology
Osteoporosis
Procedures:
1. Find and display Nuclear Medicine studies computerized on the day of acquisition.
SAMPLE WEEK
Monday:
8:00AM |
9:30AM |
Teaching Conference |
9:30AM |
11:00AM |
Patient Consultation |
11:00AM |
12:00PM |
Independent Reading |
12:00PM |
1:30PM |
Radiology T-Meeting |
1:30PM |
3:00PM |
Patient Consultation or Independent Reading |
3:00PM |
5:00PM |
Image Interpretation with Clinical Faculty |
Tuesday:
7:30AM |
8:30AM |
Endocrine Rad Surg Path Conference |
8:30AM |
11:00AM |
Patient Consultation |
11:00AM |
12:00PM |
Independent Reading |
12:00PM |
1:30PM |
Radiology T-Meeting |
1:30PM |
3:00PM |
Patient Consultation or Independent Reading |
3:00PM |
5:00PM |
Image Interpretation with Clinical Faculty |
Wednesday:
8:30AM |
9:30AM |
Physics Instruction with Lisa Lemen |
10:00AM |
11:00AM |
Thoracic Tumor Board |
11:00AM |
12:00PM |
Independent Reading |
12:00PM |
1:30PM |
Radiology T-Meeting |
1:30PM |
3:00PM |
Patient Consultation or Independent Reading |
3:00PM |
5:00PM |
Image Interpretation with Clinical Faculty |
Thursday:
7:30AM |
9:00AM |
Epilepsy Surgical Conference |
9:30AM |
11:00AM |
Patient Consultation |
11:00AM |
12:00PM |
Independent Reading |
12:00PM |
1:30PM |
Radiology T-Meeting |
1:30PM |
3:00PM |
Patient Consultation or Independent Reading |
3:00PM |
4:30PM |
Image Interpretation with Clinical Faculty |
4:30PM |
6:00PM |
ENT Tumor Board |
Friday:
8:00AM |
9:30AM |
Teaching Conference |
9:30AM |
11:00AM |
Patient Consultation |
11:30AM |
12:00PM |
Lymphoma Tumor Board |
12:00PM |
1:30PM |
Radiology T-Meeting |
1:30PM |
3:00PM |
Patient Consultation or Independent Reading |
3:00PM |
5:00PM |
Image Interpretation with Clinical Faculty |
ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCE POLICY
Session Attendance for M4 Students
- Students may miss no more than two days of planned excused absences on a four week rotation without being required to make-up the work, at the discretion of the clerkship/elective/course director or his/her designee.
- Non-AI Rotations - Per the Student Duty Hours Policy, an average of one day (24 hours) in every seven must be free of clinical responsibilities (including seminars, clinic, rounds, lectures) averaged over a four week period. These days off are assigned by the clerkship director to best align with the site schedule. Students may request to schedule 1 or more of these 4 days for planned absences that fall under 1 of the categories listed below for excused absences during non-AI rotations, in consultation with the course/elective director, who may or may not approve such planned absences.
- AI Rotations - Per the Student Duty Hours Policy, an average of one day (24 hours) in every seven must be free of clinical responsibilities (including seminars, clinic, rounds, lectures) averaged over a four week period. These days off are assigned by the course director to best align with the site schedule. Students may request to schedule 1 or 2 of these days for planned absences that fall under 1 of the categories listed below for excused absences during AI rotations, in consultation with the course director, who may or may not approve such planned absences. Students must avoid scheduling Step 2 examinations during an Acting Internship.
- Excused Absences - The following will be considered excused absences:
- Diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic health services (e.g. doctor appointments, physical therapy, counselling, etc).
- Personal illness, accident or a major catastrophic event
- Death or serious illness of immediate family members. Immediate family members, as defined by UC, are Grandparents, Brother, Sister, Brother-in law, Sister-in-law, Daughter-in-law, Son-in-law, Father, Mother, Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, Step-sister, Step-brother, Step-mother, Step-father, Spouse or domestic partner, Child, Grandchild, legal Guardian or other person who stands in place of parent (in Loco Parentis)
- Whenever possible, planned absences should be requested a minimum of six weeks in advance of the start of the clerkship/elective/course in which the absence will occur; this enables the clerkship/course/elective to help plan for educational event scheduling (e.g. a known appointment could be scheduled around with enough notice and the student might not have any required coursework to make up). Absences requested less than 1 week prior to the planned absence may not be considered for a possible excused absence unless extenuating circumstances prevented the student from providing timely notification per the policy. Students should first submit their request for a planned absence to the clerkship/elective/course director using the online MSSF. All planned/excused absences for any reason should be documented on the MSSF.
- The COM abides by the UC Religious Observance Policy that respects the religious diversity of its students by providing opportunities, where possible, for accommodation in cases where conflicts exist between students’ religious beliefs/practices and educational activities. In clinical settings, such accommodations must honor the primacy of a commitment to patient care and avoid unduly burdening faculty, staff and the general student population involved in the affected educational and/or patient care activity.
- The following items are explained in detail in the Medical Student Handbook:
- Excused/unexcused/unplanned absence, religious holidays, jury duty, and make-up work
See Attendance and Absences Policy, Religious Observance Policy, Medical Student Handbook.