Regional Approach to Training Nuclear Medicine Technologists: The Rochester Experience

摘要

A university-based baccalaureate nuclear medicine program with a consortium of 11 hospital clinical training sites has been developed in Western New York State to meet the manpower needs in the region. A multifaceted clinical rotation schedule was designed into the program in order to provide students with the broadest possible learning experiences in a variety of hospital and training environments. The success of this educational consortium has depended heavily upon the open channels of communication established among the programa€?s many constituents. The regional demand for technologists is being met as 64% of the graduates take their first job in New York State.