In their role, nuclear medicine technologists are now required to demonstrate appropriate patient assessment skills, practice appropriate safety procedures with regards to staff and patients, provide necessary patient education and instruction, and provide physicians with pertinent information to assist with the interpretation and outcome of the study.
The new Quality in Nuclear Medicine Online Program is designed to assist learners in understanding the skill requirements vital to their quality of practice, including:
- Demonstrating the ability to evaluate images through performance of technical analysis, demonstrated anatomy, pathophysiology, and overall image quality.
- Ability to triage and understand the disease processes being evaluated and how nuclear medicine diagnostic studies may drive care and treatment.
- Understanding their role in achieving a high-quality interpretable study by applying quality principles and using proper imaging techniques beyond basic protocols.
Learning Modules:
- Introduction to Quality
- Defining the Patient Experience: Using Data to Tell the Story
- Work-Life Balance
- Implementing a Quality Program in Nuclear Medicine: The Role of Accreditation in Quality
- The Importance of Quality Control: Appropriate Use and Quality Diagnostic Reports
- Defining a Quality Technologist: Did I Do That? Avoidable Mishaps
- Using Data to Measure Quality and Drive Change
- The Importance of Quality in Gastrointestinal Imaging
- The Importance of Quality in Therapeutic Procedures
- The Importance of Quality in Skeletal Imaging
- The Importance of Quality in Thyroid Imaging
- The Importance of Quality in Lung V/Q Imaging
CE Accreditation
This 10.25-hour course will offer the following continuing education credits: Technologists (VOICE), Pharmacists (ACPE), Physicians and Physicists (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™). This is also available as a non-credit activity for Students.
Fees:
The Quality in Nuclear Medicine Online Program is complimentary for SNMMI members.
The program is also available for nonmembers:
- Physician (AMA) Non-Member Fee: $299.00
- Technologist (VOICE) Non-Member Fee: $199.00
- Pharmacist (ACPE) Non-Member Fee: $249.00
- Physicists (AMA) Non-Member Fee: $249.00