Psotgraduate School of Nuclear Medicine

Common training objectives (or common core)
Students must acquire a scientific grounding and theoretical-practical preparation for practicing as a specialist and the methodology and culture for lifelong learning, as well as a degree of professional, decisional and operative autonomy in the selected field of specialization. Students must acquire: core competencies deriving from the basic sciences, which underpin all the specialization paths and are indispensable for understanding instrumentation and the correct application of procedures and methods; core competencies in molecular and genetic biology, advanced knowledge of etiopathogenic mechanisms in neoplastic disease, adequate theoretical knowledge and clinical practice for prevention, diagnosis, therapy and follow-up in neoplastic patients; lastly, clinical knowledge enabling an accurate assessment of pathologies so as to select the most appropriate diagnostic, interventional and therapeutic options, also in compliance with existing norms in the field of radiation protection and protection, assessing risks, costs and benefits; the ability to communicate clearly and sympathetically with patients and family members. Lastly, students must acquire the ability to liaise with attending physicians and other specialists, as well as collaborate with other radiology professionals and understand scientific English.

Core training objectives
-fundamentals of mathematics and physics, and of radiation physics in particular;
-statistics;
-IT;
-tracer theory;
-image processing;
-electronic instrumentation and applications in medicine;
-structure and functioning of devices for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation (live and in-vitro);
-structure and functioning of imaging devices;
-ways in which ionizing radiation and biological structures interact;
-radiosensitivity of tissues and organs;
-radiation protection and radiation pathology;
-foundations in physiology and physical pathology;
-foundations in clinical radiopharmacology

School-specific training objectives
-evaluation and statistics of radioactive counts;
-radiochemistry, radiopharmacy and quality control of radiopharmaceuticals;
-radionuclide marking of cells, subcellular structures and biomolecules;
-image data acquisition and processing techniques, in particular emission tomography (SPET and PET);
-integration and assessment of diagnostic results with clinical information and the results of other investigations;
-principles and norms in radiation protection of patients, operators, and the public;
-indications, procedures and results, methodologies and dosimetry regarding the application of radiotracers

Related or additional objectives
-radiopharmaceutical preparation and quality control;
-administering radiopharmaceuticals,
-supervision and quality assurance in the process of preparing, controlling and administering radiopharmaceuticals;
-special methods for in-vivo diagnostic testing of various organs and systems;
-study of neoplastic and non-neoplastic pathological processes using radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals;
-application of radiometabolic therapy to neoplastic and non-neoplastic processes;
-principles and application of radioimmunology, immunoradiometry and other techniques relating to in-vitro nuclear medicine;
-diagnostic methods that do not make use of radioactive tracers (CT, NMR);
-ability to integrate and interpret results obtained through medical-nuclear methods with those obtained through radiodiagnostic methods, focusing on methods for merging imagery;
-organization of activities in a nuclear medicine service and quality assurance principles;
-knowledge of the basic methods for planning scientific research correctly;
-knowledge of norms and legislation pertaining to the use of radiative energy