Department of Radiology, St Joseph Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77002, USA.
J Nucl Med. 2011 Jun;52(6):998-1002. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.111.092171. Epub 2011 May 13.
The expansion of knowledge and technological advances in nuclear medicine and radiology require physicians to have more expertise in functional and anatomic imaging. The convergence of these two specialties into the new discipline of molecular imaging has also begun to place demands on residency training programs for additional instruction in physiology and molecular biology. These changes have unmasked weaknesses in current nuclear medicine and radiology training programs. Adding to the impetus for change are the attendant realities of the job market and uncertain employment prospects for physicians trained in nuclear medicine but not also trained in diagnostic radiology. With this background, the ACR and the Society of Nuclear Medicine convened the Task Force on Nuclear Medicine Training to define the issues and develop recommendations for resident training.
核医学和放射学领域的知识扩展和技术进步要求医生在功能和解剖成像方面具备更多专业知识。这两个专业的融合已经开始进入分子影像学的新领域，也对住院医师培训计划提出了更多生理学和分子生物学教学的要求。这些变化揭示了当前核医学和放射学培训计划的弱点。促使这些变化的因素还包括就业市场的实际情况，以及那些接受过核医学培训但未接受过放射诊断学培训的医生的就业前景不确定。有鉴于此，ACR 和核医学学会召集了核医学培训工作组，以确定问题并为住院医师培训提出建议。
