Nuclear Medicine MSc, PGDip, PGCert

Course overviewThis new course, and the first nuclear medicine postgraduate programme at BSMS, draws on the experience of leading educators in the field of nuclear medicine to deliver unique and flexible study in this exciting, expanding and important specialty.Nuclear medicine is a specialty that involves all applications of radioactive materials in diagnosis, treatment and medical research, with the exception of the use of sealed radiation sources in radiotherapy (WHO definition).It is a highly specialised and important area of healthcare, which pertains to many areas of medicine across the whole age spectrum from neonatal to geriatric medicine and underpins the management of many cancer, cardiovascular, infection, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases.The practice of nuclear medicine in the UK is closely regulated, with practitioners having to satisfy IR(ME)R and ARSAC requirements to lead nuclear medicine services. Nuclear medicine specialists therefore have stringent educational requirements to ensure provision of a high-quality service in the UK.Study at our postgraduate diploma level is designed to address both diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine education to satisfy the General Medical Council (GMC) mandated requirements in the training curriculum for nuclear medicine physicians, and the course has GMC approval.Who is it forThis nationally unique course will constitute the GMC mandated Knowledge Based Assessment (PGDip) for Nuclear Medicine Physicians Higher Specialty Training. It has been endorsed by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board and incorporated into the GMC approved curriculum.

Its flexible and redesigned structure will also suit the educational requirements of other healthcare professionals working in the UK including:RadiologistsRadionuclide Radiology Consultants andor TraineesNuclear RadiographersNuclear Medicine TechnologistsNuclear Medicine NursesIndividual components of the course are likely to be attractive to the following clinical groups wanting to extend their practice to include clinical nuclear medicine:Oncologists – Consultants andor TraineesEndocrinologists – Consultants andor TraineesCardiologists – Consultants andor TraineesNeurologists andor NeuroradiologistsOncological Radiologists leading Multidisciplinary Team meetings (MDTs)Internal Medicine traineesClinical Scientists