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Education and training (nuclear medicine physics)

We provide a wide range of training for departments within the hospital and in other trusts, including contingency training for radioactive incidents. We have developed new online training resources for the clinical nuclear medicine team and conducted gamma probe training for outside centres. In addition, we offer IRMER training for UHS nuclear medicine.

We support students enrolled in the Scientist Training Programme, with a focus on achieving clinical scientist registration. Additionally, we provide specialised in-house training for route 2 clinical scientist trainees and MPEs, fostering continuous development and growth among our staff. By investing in the training and development of our team and STP trainees, we believe we contribute not only to the enhanced quality of work within our trust but also to the broader scientific community.

Our commitment to education extends to a diverse range of programs, from face-to-face educational sessions in radiology, BSc, MEng, and MSc lectures to the creation of online resources for asynchronous learning. Positive feedback has been received for our fellows of Royal College of Radiology lectures, particularly highlighting the high-yield nature of our tutorials.

We provide hospital visits and work experience days for students on our facilities at UHS. We have also created 3D virtual tours of the nuclear medicine and PET departments which we use for online education.

As part of our collaborative efforts with the University of Southampton and King’s College London, we supervise projects for trainee clinical scientists, undergraduate medical students, post-graduate physicists and engineers (MSc and PhD), in projects such as:

  1. Implementation of post-therapy dosimetry using bremsstrahlung SPECT imaging for the purpose of Y-90 SIRT verification (STP MSc project)
  2. Clinical Impact of Personalised Single-Time-Point Dosimetry on Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (NIHR Funded PhD)
  3. IMPACT: Immune Markers of Progression of Alzheimer's for Clinical Translation (UHS and UoS Funded PhD)