Nuclear Medicine Technology Seminar Syllabus for 2019-2020
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Course

NMTT-2235-002 Nuclear Medicine Technology Seminar

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: NMTT 2274

Course Description

Capstone course focusing on the synthesis of professional knowledge, skills and attitudes in preparation for professional employment and lifelong learning.

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Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:

Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:

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Hours

(2 sem hrs; 1 lec, 4 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

  Required Course Materials

1. Textbook-Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Technology & Techniques, by Christian 8th
2. Textbook-Practical Mathematics in Nuclear Medicine Technology, by Wells
3. Textbook-Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 5th
4. Quick Reference Guide 
5. Any and all lecture notes, handouts, etc.

Supplies

Calculators

Study Materials

Student Performance

Course Goals/Objectives

Course Description:  A capstone course focusing on the synthesis of professional knowledge, skills and attitudes in preparation for professional employment and lifelong learning.

End-of-Course Outcomes:  Synthesize professional skills, knowledge and attitudes for entry level for professional employment and lifelong learning.

Given the course textbooks, personal notes, handouts, and other course materials, the student should complete each of the following goals as evaluated by the instructor:

1. Review the terms, facts, theories, principles, and procedures related to each topic.
2. Apply the knowledge learned from the didactic/clinical experiences.
3. Review relevant content from the previous NMTT courses.
4. Pass all exit exams with a grade of '80' or better.
5. Pass all unit exams with a grade of 80 or better. 
6. A final grade of ‘C’ or better. 
7. Review NM instrumentation.
8. Review NM physics
9. Review NM methodology.
10. Review NM radiopharmacy/radiochemistry.
11. Review patient care.
12. Review NRC regs and radiation safety.
13. Review all aspects of NM math calculations.
14. Review PET and PET CT.
15. Review CT and cross sectional anatomy. 
16. Complete and examine various practice exams per syllabus
17. Must complete ALL practice exams with a grade of 25 or better in the order on the course outline/calendar. Complete all Steve's review exams, they are only there is you'd rather do the test online vs in your book. Complete all easy/medium/hard practice exams. All of these exams must be completed prior to taking the first exit exam. 
18. Review all material as indicated on course syllabus.
19. Turn in completed ARRT checklist competency form. 
20. Turn in documentation of completed 8 CE hours.

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Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Makeup/Withdrawal Policy

It is not possible for students to miss any aspect of the assigned work, since this is the capstone course.

The student cannot withdrawal from the class due to failure and expect to complete the goals/objectives of the capstone experience as scheduled.

Any withdrawal or failure of the course requires student to enroll in course at a later time to finish degree plan.

Upon the first failure of an EXIT EXAM (1-3) a student will receive a grade of an F and cannot withdraw due to failing the course. 

Upon three failures of UNIT EXAMS a student will receive a grade of an F and cannot withdraw due to failing the course. 

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Grievance Procedures

A student who experiences problems with the course or the course instructor should make every attempt to resolve the problem with the course instructor.  If that is not successful, the student may appeal the decision to the program director, the chairperson of the Health Sciences Division, the dean of instruction, and the college president, in that order.

Student Rights/Responsibilities

Refer to the Student Rights and Responsibilities publication of Amarillo College, which is located on the Amarillo College Web site, www.actx.edu.

Electronic devices, such as: beepers, cell phones, or any other communication device is prohibited in the classroom.

Students may, however, use personal laptops to take notes only.

Course Communication Methods

It is imperative that clear communication lines/methods have been established among students and the course instructor.

BlackBoard is the official communication site for email, grades, syllabus, etc. 

Student is provided with the instructors email address, class schedule, and relevant phone numbers on the office schedule’.

Students sign the ‘acknowledgement form’ that they have received this information and the form is maintained within the student file.

 

Student Success in Nuclear Medicine Technology Seminar Course:

1. This is a capstone course, which means that it is geared to prompt students to focus on the synthesis of professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes in preparation for professional employment and lifelong learning.  Now is your chance to prove your knowledge retention in all aspects of the didactic and clinical training.
2. You will be given a task list and UNIT EXAMS, which will cover all aspects of radiopharmacy, federal regulations, instrumentation, patient care, retention of records, radiation safety,  and methodologies.
3. Please do not get behind in studying for the material, because it is hard to catch up, since you will be given material to study and test on each week.  
4. Any question that you are given to answer during this course is subject to possibly be on the Exit Exams, which you must pass with a score of 80 or better. 
5. You may not take any national registry/certification exam until being released from the program, and that is proven by passing the course (to include the exit exams), and the final exit exam will be given on Thursday December 16th at 10 AM.
6. I feel confident that all students here will pass the course and exit exams the first time, but in the event that one failure occurs of an EXIT EXAM or three failures of UNIT EXAMS, the student grade will be changed to an “F”, whereby the student will have to repeat the course In SP 2020. Note: you may only repeat a course in the program one time.
7. In the event of any failure, it is my responsibility to notify the testing agencies (ARRT/NMTCB/TMB) of student outcomes, and a restriction is immediately placed on predetermined test appointments and temporary licensure.  Students with this status may not sit for any national board exam until competency has been proven.
8. Schedule your national exams immediately and as close to Dec 16th, 2019, as possible.  Once you prove competency by passing the course and exit exams, you are ready for your boards, and consequently, to become a registered nuclear medicine technologist and colleague by passing national certification tests.
9. Make up exams MAY be given but will not count as part of the grade, they will be pass/fail.
10. The instructor may drop the lowest exam grade due to community service assignments. If this is done, it is not to take a student from failing to passing. If you are failing the course, dropping the lowest exam grade due to community service will not be allowed to pass the course. It may bump your final grade up for passing students, but is not allowed to be utilized to go from failing to passing. 

11. NOTE on Plagiarism. Copying my notes word for word or the text book is plagiarism, you must paraphrase it in your own words. Copying another students assignment, even if you worked together is cheating and plagiarism. Self-plagiarism is also considered cheating. If you are repeating this course, you may not turn in the same work from the course you failed. This is self-plagiarism and is not allowed. Self-plagiarism is grounds for removal from the class with a final grade of an F. The course cannot be repeated, so you are then removed from the program. 

NOTE a student will only have the chance to review their exams one time on campus the day of the exam.

Good luck to you all.

Grading Criteria

  Grading throughout the course is as follows:

1. Student must pass each UNIT and EXIT exams with a minimal score of ‘80’.  
2. If a failure occurs in the course EXIT exams in FA2019, the student with receive an ‘F’ for the course and must repeat the course in SP 2020.
3. If three failures occurs in the course UNIT exams in Fall 2019, the student with receive an ‘F’ for the course and must repeat the course in SP 2020. 
4. A student must have a passing grade in the course to move into taking the EXIT Exams. 
5. A score of ‘zero’ will be given for any unit or mock exam missed and grade of ‘F’ will be given for this course, and student must repeat the course, to complete requirements.

A passing grade of a 80, student must achieve an 80 or greater. 

Letter grades are assigned as follows: 

Grades Scored Between	Will Equal
95% and 100%	A
85% and less than 95%	B
80% and less than 85%	C
0% and less than 79.4%	F

Note: Exam content shall not be discussed among the students until all students have taken the exam. If a student who has taken the exam discloses exam content to a student who has not taken the exam, this is considered cheating.

Attendance

Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement of this course.  Attendance and tardiness will be recorded.

Classroom time start promptly at 10 am.

Online mock exams in the testing center times are located in the course outline/syllabus and within Blackboard.

Calendar

Additional Information

The course content is aligned with the Master Educational Plan of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Program at Amarillo College.
In addition, the lecture content aligns with the task analysis of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board and The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.

The Nuclear Medicine Technology program at Amarillo College is fully accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Nuclear Medicine Technology.

It is very important that students do not get behind with the course schedule. 

Additional Information:
AC-Connect Online (BlackBoard)) Communication-www.actx.edu

This is the major source for program communication.

Students will use the AC Online personal account to check grades, e-mails, etc.  Students are responsible for checking their accounts daily so that communication about program/course information is current.

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