Academic Year: 12-month, Full time, Monday through Friday. Begins and ends every July, right around the 4th of July holiday.   Graduates receive a certificate in Nuclear Medicine Technology and are eligible to sit for both National and State Board exams.

Hours: Some rotations begin as early as 7:00 am and extend through 5:00 pm. Classes are held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons between 12:30 pm and 4:30 pm.  Class room study includes subjects like: Radiation Physics, Instrumentation, Cross-Sectional Anatomy, Radiochemistry and Diagnostic Nuclear Med.  Clinical Competencies include: Renograms, Biliary Scans, PET Scans, Cardiac Scans, Bone Scans, and many more.

Affiliate Hospitals: Current California affiliates are located in San Francisco, Northern California, Stanford, San Jose, Fresno and Sacramento.
 
Job Outlook: The field is currently experiencing larger than average growth across the nation. The median annual salary according to the journal, Radiology Today (4/4/2005) is $56,160 for full-time NM technologists (Excluding call or OT). Currently there are about 14,000 NM technologists employed nationwide.