Radiology & Nuclear Medicine

The Nuclear Medicine elective allows the student to interact with the clinical and research activities of Nuclear Medicine as it relates to diagnostic imaging and therapy with this modality. Students are trained under the direct supervision of our faculty members with guidance from our residents. Learning Techniques include: daily work, teaching file, and conference attendance. Reading sessions start at 8:30 a.m. daily. While patients are injected for studies during the morning, the students observe the technical aspect of this procedure prior to interpreting the studies with residents and attendings. An example of such studies is the myocardial perfusion studies - patients are injected early in the morning, residents and students monitor the stress and rest imaging acquisitions. Students will also observe many other nuclear medicine procedures, such as bone scans, renal scintigraphy, thyroid scintigraphy and PET/CT scans.

Radiology two-week observational elective consists of a rotation in all subspecialties in Diagnostic Radiology. The student will participate as an observer during read out sessions and interventional procedures. This is designed for the student who wants to learn more about each subspecialty in Radiology and or potentially thinking about a career in Radiology. For those who desire to do a Radiology Residency, we recommend taking our Advanced Clinical Experience Elective (4 weeks).

MDR 942 is an Advanced Clinical Experience (ACE) designed as a rigorous "sub-internship" for Phase 3 students. Building upon the foundational clerkship (MDR 969), this course utilizes a "Junior Resident" model to transition learners from observers to active clinical participants. The curriculum focuses on the longitudinal care of the IR patient, emphasizing pre-procedural clinical decision-making, high-fidelity simulation training, and graduated procedural autonomy within the unique environment of the Miami Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.

The course is an introduction to Vascular/Interventional Radiology and consists of intensive exposure to Vascular and Interventional Radiology procedures under the direct supervision of interventional radiologists. Students will learn and participate in (a) the use of various radiological imaging to guide procedures in different organ systems, (b) the evaluation and pre and post procedural management of patients requiring interventional radiology procedures, and (c) participate in and learn various interventional procedures such as arterial and venous access, angiography, angioplasty, stenting, biopsies, various image guided drainages, arterial embolization, tumor ablations and other vascular and interventional procedures.