Professional/Short course Science and Instrumentation in Current Nuclear Medicine Practice

Content

The course syllabus typically covers:

• Physics of radionuclides and interaction with matter
• Formation and decay of radionuclides
• Principles of radiation detection and instrumentation
• Radiation detection systems
• Overview of SPECT and PET/CT systems
• Fundamental system performance, testing and analysis
• Computing applied to nuclear medicine
• Correct use of nuclear medicine equipment to obtain optimum images
• Radiation dosimetry
• Practical radiation protection and associated legislation

Learning and Teaching

Scheduled learning will include up to 40 hours engaged with lectures, video presentation, seminars, tutorials, discussion board entries, project supervision, work based learning.

Independent learning will include upto 110 hours engaged with essential reading, assignment preparation and completion etc.

Study time

Contact hours will be achieved through a multiple learning approaches that will include distance based education supplemented by knowledge exchange events. This distance based education will embrace UWE Bristol's current vision associated with Technology Enhanced learning.

Such learning will include but not be limited to, asynchronous delivery of lecture material through narrated presentations, notes and other guided reading, VLE discussion board fora with specific objectives, workplace tasks, and other study tasks deemed appropriate to the development of student knowledge.

Contact with the Module Leader for discussion of module-related issues will be facilitated by email, phone conversations and through interaction at the knowledge exchange events.

Assessment

Assessment for this module comprises a 1,500 word assignment and a 1,000 word portfolio of discussion board extracts.