Department of Radiologic Sciences
1-year PET/CT Certificate Program
Overview
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Program Length
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Prerequisites
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Curriculum
Overview
Established in 2006, this is the first formal PET/CT Certificate program curriculum in the nation. The program is for certified nuclear medicine technologists. After completing the didactic and clinical portions of the PET/CT program, students may be eligible to take the ARRT (CT) and NMTCB (PET) certification exams.
Technologists who are certified in both nuclear medicine (CNMT or ARRT(N)) and in computed tomography (ARRT(CT)) are highly employable, especially with PET specialization (NMTCB (PET)). Presently, employers are used to hiring technologists certified in only one of these areas.
Prospective students should contact the faculty advisor for more information.
Program Length
Part-time, 12 month program, designed so that students can maintain their daytime jobs. Online didactic courses are completed during the fall and spring semesters. Clinical training is scheduled on a individual basis in the fall, spring and summer.
Prerequisites
ARRT(N) and/or CNMT certification or eligibility.
Curriculum
| Courses | Credits |
| Semester I | |
| RSPC 400 CT Physics & Instrumentation | 3 |
| RSPC 412 PET/CT Clinical I | 1 |
| RSPC 431 CT Procedures I | 3 |
| RSPC 451 PET Principles | 1 |
| Semester II | |
| RSPC 401 Sectional Anatomy | 1 |
| RSPC 413 PET/CT Clinical II | 1 |
| RSPC 415 PET Procedures | 1 |
| RSPC 432 CT Procedures II | 3 |
| Semester III | |
| RSPC 414 PET/CT Clinical III | 1 |
| Total | 15 |
