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MIS 5311 — Patient Assessment Assessment of health status emphasizing cultural, ethnic, and age differences. Focuses on taking patient histories, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Body systems and functional health patterns are used to organize data and to develop clinical pathways in medical imaging. MIS 5315 — Statistics and Research Methods Introduction to research designs, epidemiology, probability, test statistics, sample size, power, correlations, non-parametric tests, regression, and analysis of variance. MIS 5321 — Clinical Pharmacology Study of pharmacodynamics, medication administration, drug categories, and implications in patient care. Emphasizes pharmaceuticals frequently used in medical imaging. MIS 5342 — Fusion and Hybrid Technologies The principles and applications of imaging technologies that are complementary to and/or merged with nuclear medicine technology will be presented. Instruction in cross-sectional anatomy will be a significant component of this course. MIS 5413-N — Clinical Internship I NMAA track emphasizes general nuclear medicine imaging procedures of the pulmonary, endocrine, and skeletal systems. MIS 5423-N — Clinical Internship II NMAA track emphasizes therapeutic and PET imaging procedures. MIS 6341-N — Pathophysiology and Clinical Correlation Application of the concepts of pathophysiology for the assessment and management of medical imaging patients. Emphasizes the characteristic manifestations, pattern recognition, and image assessment of pathologies observed in medical images specific to the program track selected. MIS 5351 — Health Care Systems in America Analysis of the health care services provided within the United States. The evolution, structure, financing, and regulation of the nation's health care institutions will be covered. In addition, ethics and legal issues related to the health professions will be studied. MIS 5433-N — Clinical Internship III NMAA track emphasizes general nuclear medicine imaging procedures of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and neurological systems. MIS 6443-N — Clinical Internship IV NMAA track emphasizes cardiac imaging procedures and stress testing. MIS 6453-N — Clinical Internship V NMAA track emphasizes administrative procedures and specialized modalities. MIS 6V31 — Research Project I Practical experience in conducting research. A written plan describing the project's objectives and goals must be approved by the student's research mentor and program director prior to implementation. The student will submit the completed project for consideration to be published in a peer reviewed journal or to be presented at a professional meeting as a poster or lecture. A minimum of 3 SC in MIS 6V31 or in MIS 6V42 is required for program completion. MIS 6V42 — Research Project II (optional) A minimum of 3 SC in this research project course is required for program completion. The research project courses may be taken for up to 6 SC. |
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Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate Program ·
Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences
College of Health Professions
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 West Markham, #714-A
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Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
nmaa@uams.edu
Telephone: (501) 526-7268
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Fax: (501) 526-7975