RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 ACR-SNM Task Force on Nuclear Medicine Training: Report of the Task Force
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 998
OP 1002
DO 10.2967/jnumed.111.092171
VO 52
IS 6
A1 Milton J. Guiberteau
A1 Michael M. Graham
YR 2011
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/52/6/998.abstract
AB The expansion of knowledge and technological advances in nuclear medicine and radiology require physicians to have more expertise in functional and anatomic imaging. The convergence of these two specialties into the new discipline of molecular imaging has also begun to place demands on residency training programs for additional instruction in physiology and molecular biology. These changes have unmasked weaknesses in current nuclear medicine and radiology training programs. Adding to the impetus for change are the attendant realities of the job market and uncertain employment prospects for physicians trained in nuclear medicine but not also trained in diagnostic radiology. With this background, the ACR and the Society of Nuclear Medicine convened the Task Force on Nuclear Medicine Training to define the issues and develop recommendations for resident training.