raduate medical education will undergo profound changes over the next several years,
changes that will have an enormous impact on the number, the content, and perhaps the …

It is the best of times; it is the worst of times. Nuclear medicine, in a global sense, is thriving.
New radiopharmaceuticals are being developed; PET, particularly in oncology, is becoming …

it is not uncommon that some nuclear medicine physicians are delaying retirement.[...] some
imaging groups and medical institutions are reluctant to hire new physicians because of …

The education of radiology residents and fellows is a vitally important but costly process.
This paper reviews the most common methods of funding graduate medical education. The …

With a renewed emphasis on primary care, the Federal government is putting the squeeze
on specialty residency programs, including those in nuclear medicine. Efforts are underway …

A proposal has recently been put forward to increase the duration of the nuclear medicine
residency and implement a 3-tier residency training requirement beginning in 2005 or 2006 …

Editor's Note.—Because the situation with regard to the funding of graduate medical
education has altered in the 2 years since the ABR seminar, it would be misleading to …

In this article, he spoke out against the appar ent inability of the nuclear medicine com
munity to act to protect the growth and interests of their specialty. I would like to add my voice …

Medicine (SNM) has conducted a sur vey of residency programs in nuclear med icine: A
questionnaire isdistributed annually to all directors of approved nuclear medicine residency …

As a member ofthe Liaison Com mittee ofMedical Education, the ac crediting body for North
American Medical Schools, Dr. Thoma said that †œithas become patently evident that …