Nuclear Medicine Clinic:

-Goals and Objectives:
To learn skills related to the treatment of ambulatory patients with thyroid pathology that requires radionuclide iodine treatment.  Patients seen in this venue include the full range of thyroid diseases requiring radioiodine imaging or treatment.

-Teaching Methodology:
The faculty of the nuclear medicine thyroid clinic are from the radiology department and they are licensed to administer radionuclide to patients for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.  Patient-based mentored assessment of historical findings, examination  and the therapeutic plan, is implemented by this faculty.  Each patient is seen by both the resident and the faculty attending.  Theoretical issues along with diagnostic and strategies are discussed. This clinic is attended by  residents two times a week.  Each resident will attend six sessions per year.

-Method of Evaluation:
All subspecialty residents are evaluated by the nuclear medicine faculty at the end of the rotation. In addition endocrinology residents evaluate the clinic as an educational experience.