PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Grantham, Vesper
AU  - Martin, Chris
AU  - Schmitz, Casey
TI  - Enhancing Laboratory Activities in Nuclear Medicine Education
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.108.059022
DP  - 2009 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 244--249
VI  - 37
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/37/4/244.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/37/4/244.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2009 Dec 01; 37
AB  - Hands-on or active learning is important in nuclear medicine education. As more curricula start to require greater standards and as distance education expands, the effective use of laboratories in nuclear medicine education remains important in physics, instrumentation, and imaging but is often overlooked or underutilized. Laboratory exercises are a unique opportunity for nuclear medicine educators to facilitate students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills in a manner that often cannot occur in lectures or during online education. Given the lack of current laboratory tools and publications, there exists a requirement for nuclear medicine educators to develop, enhance, and monitor educational tools for laboratory exercises. Expanding technologies, variations in imaging and measurement systems, and the need to ensure that the taught technology is relevant to nuclear medicine students are issues faced by nuclear medicine educators. This article, based on principles of instructional design, focuses on the components and development of effective and enhanced nuclear medicine laboratories in our current educational environment.