A Perspective of the Future of Nuclear Medicine Training and Certification

Nuclear Medicine (NM) has evolved from a medical subspecialty using quite basic tests to one using elaborate methods to image organ physiology and has truly become “Molecular Imaging.” Concurrently, there has also been a timely debate about who has to be responsible for keeping pace with all of the components of the developmental cycle—imaging, radiopharmaceuticals, and instrumentation. Since the foundation of the American Board of NM, the practice of NM and the process toward certification have undergone major revisions.

Source: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine - December 12, 2015 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Julio Arevalo-Perez, Manuel Paris, Michael M. Graham, Joseph R. Osborne Source Type: research