Programs

Overview

In the accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology program, students can earn a bachelor's degree in just 32 months.

Program Highlights

• Full-time, 32-month accelerated program
• For incoming freshmen and transfer students
• Fall semester start
• Graduating students eligible to apply for certification through examination by the American Regis­try of Radiologic Technologists and the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board. 

Program Details

Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that uses radioactive pharmaceuticals and tracers in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The specialty relies on the expertise of professionals in the allied health sciences for its sophisticated, high technology medical procedures. Among these professionals are nuclear medicine technologists, with skills ranging from patient care to the operation of nuclear instrumentation.

The 32-month BS in Nuclear Medicine Technology (NMT) at MCPHS is an accelerated, year-round program. It integrates classroom instruction in the liberal arts, the basic and applied sciences, and the social sciences with professional course work and clinical instruction.

A typical program of study includes a first-year core curriculum of non-major courses and general education courses. Second- and third-year courses include professional course work, NMT internships, and a small number of core curriculum requirements.

In addition, students must fulfill distribution elective requirements of twelve semester hours, including three semester hours in each of these four areas: behavioral science, humanities, social science, and liberal arts.

Upon graduation, students are eligible to apply for certification through examination by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board.

Curriculum

Common first-year courses for NMT

Year I-Fall

Year I-Spring

Year I-Summer

Year II-Fall

Year II-Spring

Year II-Summer

Year III-Fall

Year III-Spring

Clinical Rotations

MCPHS Medical Imaging and Therapeutics students participate in a variety of community-based clinical settings. This opportunity supplements the clinical experience gained in the on-campus program and provides students with a broader insight into the diverse populations they may encounter in future career settings.

Students enrolled in the NMT major receive their clinical education at hospital affiliates in the metropolitan Boston area, including:

• Boston Medical Center
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Children's Hospital Medical Center (observation only)
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Elliot Hospital
• Faulkner Hospital
• Hallmark Health - Lawrence Memorial Hospital
• Lahey Clinic
• Lakes Regional Health Care
• Massachusetts General Hospital
• South Shore Hospital
• Triad Isotopes (Radiopharmacy)
• Tufts New England Medical Center

Clinical rotations provide a range of diverse learning experiences. To ensure clinical internships are diverse and give all student an equitable and quality clinical education the students will be rotated through a number of different sites this may involve travel near campus or in the metropolitan Boston area and more distant sites. Students are responsible for their own transportation.

Notice on Clinical Rotations and Background Screenings

For some of MCPHS's programs placements in clinical rotations at health care providers are a required part of the MCPHS curriculum. Some of those health care providers require background screenings and a conviction for a criminal offense might present an issue. It is possible that certain types of criminal convictions, whether prior to being a student at MCPHS or while attending MCPHS, could preclude a student from being able to complete a required clinical rotation. If you have any questions, please contact the MCPHS Chief Compliance Officer.

Facilities

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) provides facilities that contribute to the overall learning experience, including laboratories specially designed for skill-building and patient assessment in the radiologic sciences.

For the major in nuclear medicine technology, students learn in a newly-renovated laboratory with equipment that includes a dose calibrator, fume hood, state-of-the-art SPECT gamma camera, two nuclear medicine processing computers, two pulse height analyzers, four laboratory demonstration counters, a wipe test counter, a thyroid probe and phantom, two chest phantoms, multiple radioactive sources, two cobalt-57 sheet sources, 7 L-blocks, multiple syringe shields, lead pigs and three portable Geiger Mueller counters.

The location of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, as well as its affiliations with premier medical institutions located in the greater Boston and New England area, enable students to learn in health care institutions that are among the best in the world.

Outcomes

Upon graduation, students are eligible to apply for certification through examination by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board.

In the last 4 years student board exams results are as follow:

ARRT

NMTCB

Accreditation

Nuclear Medicine Technology

The program offered for the nuclear medicine technology major is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT)

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is authorized to grant undergraduate and graduate degrees in the health sciences and related fields. MCPHS is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), Inc. through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

For Transfers

MCPHS welcomes students from other institutions. Any applicant to MCPHS who has completed at least one semester of college coursework (12 credits or more) is considered to be a transfer applicant. Students who have been out of high school for more than two years are strongly encouraged to take math and science courses at another accredited college or university and then to apply for transfer to MCPHS.

The transfer requirements may be different for different MCPHS programs. To find the requirements for transferring into this program, please click the link below.

Transfer Requirements for Nuclear Medicine Technology (NMT) (BS) (Boston)

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