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The Program
The College of Health
Related Professions offers the Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear
Medicine Imaging Sciences. The nuclear medicine imaging sciences major
will learn how to use radioactive tracers to diagnose and treat a wide
variety of abnormal conditions. Nuclear medicine technologists receive
their education in two parts: the preprofessional component which lasts
three years and the professional component which lasts one year and is
taken through UAMS beginning in the Fall semester.
The “classroom courses” are conducted via distance education, primarily
through the Internet, by faculty at UAMS. Clinical education is
conducted at a variety of clinical affiliates in Fayetteville,
Jonesboro, Little Rock, Rogers, Springdale, and Texarkana, Arkansas;
Shreveport and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Dallas and Tyler, Texas;
Springfield, Missouri; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. The number and location of
clinical affiliates may change. Students from these areas are encouraged
to apply for admission and if accepted will be able to complete the
program from any of these locations that house active affiliates.
The clinical education locations in Arkansas include Arkansas Children’s
Hospital, Arkansas Heart Group, Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy
Services (Jonesboro, Little Rock, and Springdale), Central Arkansas
Cardiovascular Institute, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS),
Christus St. Michael Health System, Heart Clinic Arkansas, Highland
Oncology Group, Northwest Medical Center of Washington County, Rebsamen
Regional Medical Center, St. Bernards Medical Center, St. Joseph
Regional Health Center, St. Mary's Hospital, St. Vincent Infirmary
Medical Center, University Hospital of Arkansas, Wadley Regional Medical
Center, and Washington Regional Medical Center.
The clinical education locations for Shreveport include Christus
Schumpert Health Systems, LSU Health Sciences Center, Overton Brooks VA
Medical Center, P.E.T. Imaging Center of the Biomedical Research
Foundation, and Willis Knighton Medical Systems.
The clinical education locations for Dallas include Cardiology
Consultants of Texas, Children’s Medical Center, Mallinckrodt
Radiopharmaceuticals, Medical Center of Lewisville, P.E.T.-Net
Pharmaceutical Services, Presbyterian Hospital, St. Paul Medical
Center, VA North Texas Healthcare System, and Zale Lipshy University
Hospital.
The clinical education locations for Tyler include East Texas Medical
Center, NuTech, Inc., Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants in Tyler, Trinity
Mother Frances Regional Healthcare System, and the University of Texas
Health Center at Tyler.
The clinical education locations for Springfield include Cardinal Health
Nuclear Pharmacy Services (Springfield), Wheeler Center, Martin Center, Cox Medical Center North, Cox
Medical Center South, Freeman Hospital (Joplin), Phelps County Medical
Center (Rolla), Smith-Glynn-Calloway Clinic, and St. John’s Regional
Health Center.
The clinical education sites for Baton Rouge are the Baton Rouge General
Medical Center, Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Services (Baton Rouge),
North Oaks Medical Center (Hammond), Our Lady of the Lake Regional
Medical Center, and Southeastern Cardiology Consultants.
The clinical education locations for Tulsa include Cardinal Health
Nuclear Pharmacy Services (Tulsa), Saint Francis Hospital, and St. John
Health System. |
