PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nakaya, Koji
AU  - Muto, Hiroe
AU  - Matsuura, Kanae
AU  - Arai, Nobuyuki
TI  - Simulator Education Initiatives for On-Campus Practical Training in Nuclear Medicine Technology
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.123.267135
DP  - 2024 Feb 13
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.123.267135
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2024/02/13/jnmt.123.267135.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2024/02/13/jnmt.123.267135.full
AB  - Because nuclear medicine diagnostic equipment has not been installed at our educational institution, we had not been able to incorporate nuclear medicine techniques into on-campus training until now. Methods: We have introduced a diagnostic image processing simulator to replace nuclear medicine diagnostic equipment. The simulator was used to conduct on-campus practical training on nuclear medicine technology. We also conducted a questionnaire survey of students regarding their experience with on-campus practical training using the simulators. Results: The survey results revealed that the on-campus practical training using simulators deepened students’ understanding of the content they had encountered in classroom lectures. Conclusion: We successfully implemented on-campus practical training in nuclear medicine technology using a diagnostic image-processing simulator. According to the results of our questionnaire, it is possible to provide on-campus practical training to students using simulators that enhance understanding of nuclear medicine technology.