NUCLEAR MEDICINE
sub-menu:

SUPERVISING COMMITTEE

DEFINITION OF SPECIATLY

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

COMPONENTS OF CORE TRAINING

Approved Training Program

Procedural Skills

Paediatric Training

Continuous Assessment Program

Basic Sciences Module

Research

Positron Emission Tomography

Bone Densitometry

Assessment of Core Training

Training Sites

TRAINING IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY for Nuclear Medicine Specialists

SPECIAL SOCIETY
Vocational Training
Nuclear Medicine (cont.)
Components of Core Training (cont.)
Research
Trainees are expected to participate in a research project during their advanced training. Trainees must submit evidence of their research involvement to the JSAC before 15 October in their final year of training.

The following documents will provide acceptable evidence of research involvement: a published abstract of work presented at a national or international scientific meeting; a published case report, where the trainee is the first author; an original article published in a peer-reviewed journal. If these documents are unavailable, a report detailing the advanced trainee’s research efforts will need to be submitted for consideration of the JSAC.

Positron Emission Tomography
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is part of core training in nuclear medicine.

The requirements for PET training are as follows:
  1. The trainee must be present (for the duration of the scan), involved and supervised in the reporting of a minimum of 300 PET oncology scans during his/her training period. Of these, the trainee may report a maximum of 100 paediatric or adolescent PET studies at an accredited PET training site; the trainee must report a minimum of 200 adult PET studies at an accredited PET training site;
  2. In order to fulfil the minimum study number requirement, the trainee must spend at least one month (or a minimum of 20 working days) at an accredited PET training site;
  3. The trainee is required to keep a logbook of PET studies reported. The logbook should contain the following details: identification of patient (but not the patient’s name), type of scan, and diagnosis;
  4. A trainee’s supervisor, if at a site accredited for PET training, can confirm that the trainee’s logbook is a true and accurate record of his/her PET training experience using a standard annual supervisor’s report form. A separate PET Supervisor’s Report form is also available for trainees who undertake PET training at a second training site and this supervisor’s report form must be provided to JSAC.

A maximum of 3 months training in PET may be approved as core training. Any further training in PET will only be approved as non-core training.

The learning outcomes for PET training are listed in the Syllabus for Advanced Training in Nuclear Medicine.

Bone Densitometry
Bone Densitometry training may be completed by one of two methods:
  • First, the trainee may attend the annual course on Bone Densitometry run by the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS) and be successful in the associated examination;
  • Second, the trainee may be involved and supervised in the reporting of a minimum of 200 Bone Mineral Density (BMD) scans during his/her training period.

Supervisors are required to confirm satisfactory training in Bone Densitometry on the annual Supervisor’s Report form. Trainees who elect to attend the ANZBMS course on Bone Densitometry will be asked to document attendance at the course and success in the examination.

The learning outcomes for Bone Densitometry training are listed in the Syllabus for Advanced Training in Nuclear Medicine.

Assessment of Core Training
The principle assessment of the competency of the advanced trainee is the Supervisor’s Report form. This form must be completed at the end of each twelve-month training placement. In addition, by the end of core training, the advanced trainee must have successfully completed the required paediatric nuclear medicine rotation, performed satisfactorily in the Continuous Assessment Program, successfully completed the Basic Sciences Module, submitted evidence of research involvement, completed the PET training requirement, and completed the BMD training requirement.

Training Sites
Advanced training in nuclear medicine in Australia may only be undertaken in departments that are accredited by the Training Site Accreditation Committee of the ANZAPNM. These sites
  • provide appropriate supervision for advanced training;
  • have sufficient work load of patient studies and treatment for advanced training;
  • provide suitable infrastructure for advanced training;
  • provide access to the necessary scientific staff and equipment to permit advanced training;
  • enable registrars to receive formal training in nuclear medicine science during advanced training;
  • have suitable research facilities for advanced training.

[ Accredited Sites for Advanced Training ]
 
Training in departments outside Australia may be undertaken if an application is submitted prospectively and the Training Site Accreditation Committee is satisfied that the facilities for training are equivalent to those required in Australian departments. The TSAC can provide a list of overseas training sites already approved for training. If the trainee intends to train at a site not yet approved, they must apply prospectively to TSAC for approval. This process of approving an overseas site can take 9 months or more, as a site visit may be required. Trainees are advised not to commence training at a site prior to approval of the site by TSAC as TSAC may reject an application for approval if the site is deemed not to meet the required criteria.

Training in Positron Emission Tomography for Nuclear Medicine Specialists
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a component of nuclear medicine.
The JSAC coordinates PET training for Nuclear Medicine Specialists who wish to train in PET. Only credentialed nuclear medicine specialists may undertake PET training.

The trainee must complete the following requirements:
  1. The proposed PET training program needs to be applied for and approved prospectively by the JSAC in Nuclear Medicine;
  2. The trainee must be present (for the duration of the scan), involved, and supervised in the reporting of a minimum of 300 PET oncology scans during his/her training period. Of these, the trainee may report a maximum of 100 paediatric or adolescent PET studies at an accredited PET training site; the trainee must report a minimum of 200 adult PET studies at an accredited PET training site;
  3. In order to fulfil the minimum study number requirement, the trainee will need to spend at least one month (or a minimum of 20 working days) at an accredited PET training site;
  4. Trainees will be required to keep a logbook of PET studies reported. The logbook should contain the following details: identification of patient (but not the patient’s name), type of scan, and diagnosis. The logbook should be submitted to the JSAC upon completion of each period of training;
  5. Supervisor(s) will be required to submit a Training in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Supervisor’s Report to the JSAC upon completion of each period of training;
  6. Accreditation of PET training is dependent upon receipt of a satisfactory PET logbook from the trainee and a satisfactory Supervisor’s Report from the trainee’s supervisor.

Special Society

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Physicians in Nuclear Medicine Inc. (ANZAPNM).

For further information regarding the requirements for membership of the Association, please contact:

The Secretariat
ANZAPNM
P.O. Box 73
Balmain NSW 2041
Tel 61 2 9818 4824
Fax 61 2 9818 4806
E-mail: secretariat@anzapnm.org.au
Website: www.anzapnm.org.au


<< Nuclear Medicine previous

[ Table of Contents ]

 

  HOME  |  INTRODUCTION  |  BASIC TRAINING  |  EXAMINATIONS  |  ADVANCED TRAINING  |  CONTACTS  

Copyright 2002 © The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
This page was last edited: December 2009