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Radiology (M90)  (Dept. Info)Medicine  (Policies)YR2024
M90 Radiol 820Clinical Nuclear Medicine (Clinical Elective)Var. Units (max = 4.0)
Description:The clinical service in Nuclear Medicine (NM) is divided into five sections: outpatient general NM, inpatient general NM, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Pediatric NM studies, NM Cardiac studies, and radionuclide therapy. The recommended schedule will be to spend weeks 1 and 3 in the Center for Advanced Medicine/BJH North Campus (second floor), where the emphasis will be on outpatient general and pediatric Nuclear Medicine with some time in the PET reading room. Week 2 will be in South Campus (West Pavilion 9th floor) and split between inpatient general nuclear medicine, outside PET facilities (morning), cardiac NM services (afternoon), and radionuclide therapy. The schedule for Week 4 will be Monday to Wednesday Center for Advanced Medicine/BJH North Campus and Thursday to Friday on South Campus.

This rotation's primary objective is to provide exposure to the full range of clinical nuclear medicine studies. Under the direct supervision of the NM attendings, the student in person (or via Zoom when in-person training is unavailable) will participate in planning and interpreting imaging studies for patients referred to the Division. An opportunity also exists to explore instrumentation techniques, including dedicated computer applications utilized to interpret NM studies. In addition to the clinical experience, the student will attend the NM daily morning conference, held via Zoom or in person from 8-9:00 am. Also, the student may attend the daily diagnostic radiology resident noon conference via Zoom or in-person from 12-1:00 pm. The student will also be able to participate in any conferences within the Department of Radiology and case management conferences where NM studies are discussed. The students are encouraged to prepare a case for the Friday follow-up conference under an NM faculty member's supervision during their rotation. The student can find the PowerPoint template to use and examples of prior follow-up cases using this link: \\files.wustl.edu\shares\RAD_MIR\Clinical Education Services\Nuclear Medicine\Nuclear Medicine Follow-Up Conferences. The Nuclear Medicine Chief of residents and the program director can provide additional information and supervise the case preparation if needed.

Students may keep a log of interesting cases to a guide additional reading or discussions with the Course Director or other NM attendings.

Educational material including textbooks and digital teaching file cases are available at the following url: http://gamma.wustl.edu/index2.html

Please introduce yourself to Dr. Ponisio, the nuclear medicine residency program director, and Ms. Bre Vittitow, the nuclear medicine program coordinator, on the first day of your 4-week NM rotation. The first and final days of the elective are mandatory.

Student time distribution: Inpatient 25%; Outpatient 50%; Conferences/Lectures 25%; Subspecialty Care 100%
Patients seen weekly: 200
Major teaching responsibility: Attendings, fellows, and residents
On call/weekend responsibility: None
Attributes:Med: VISP, WUSMEC
Instruction Type:Internship/Practicum Grade Options:P Fees:
Course Type:HomeSame As:N/AFrequency:None / History
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Desc:Location: This course takes place on the WUSM medical campus.
Elective contact: Bre Vittitow, rvittitow@wustl.edu
Rotation length: 2 or 4 weeks
Enrollment limit per block: 2
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