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25
How difficult is nuclear medicine technical school?
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Question: In schooling to become a nuclear medicine technician, how difficult is the schooling for the 22 month program? All of my family has gone into nursing and I was wondering if the nuclear med tech program is comparable to the nursing program as far as difficulty?
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October 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I am currently enrolled a nuclear medicine program and I will be finishing in about six weeks.
At first I was completely overwhelmed because I knew NOTHING about nuclear medicine. Over time it eventually clicks and it all makes sense.
Some of my weaker areas were the radiation physics and instrumentation classes. Even today, there are some things that still don’t make 100% of sense to me.
A strong understanding of anatomy and physiology would be extremely helpful, especially once you start your clinical rotations. Everything else will be taught in the curriculum- imaging procedures, radiopharmacy, etc.
I maintain a GPA in the low 3’s and I was never a star student. I also believe that great professors can also help and make the curriculum easier to understand.
I wish you luck!