Teaching, career
The Clinical Department of Nuclear Medicine at MHH is one of the birthplaces of the field of nuclear medicine in Germany. Against this background, a broad spectrum of training, further education and advanced training opportunities are offered. The objectives are:
- To firmly anchor the specialty of nuclear medicine in the careers of physicians, natural scientists and assistant professions.
- To promote the future potential of molecular imaging and therapy as a building block of modern medicine.
- To intensify the interaction with clinical and diagnostic partner disciplines.
Nuclear medicine is included in theMHH model study program HannibaL as a cross-sectional subject and is represented in the following courses:
1st year of study
Propaedeutic I (MSE_P_): Role of molecular imaging in selected topics
2nd academic year
Diagnostic methods 1 (MSE_P_202): Methodological principles of nuclear medicine
4th academic year
Block practical course in internal medicine (MSE_P_408): Practical nuclear medicine diagnostics in internal medicine using selected clinical topics
Neurology (MSE_P_415): Nuclear medicine diagnostics of the CNS
5th academic year
Imaging procedures (MSE_P_511): Nuclear medicine diagnostics and therapy in coordination with the content of the clinical subjects
Clinical environmental medicine (MSE_P_505): Environmental Radiation Exposure and Risks
Elective Course II: Nuclear Medicine (WF_II_E_8): Practical and theoretical introduction to clinical nuclear medicine diagnostics, diagnostics and therapy
6th year of study (PJ)
The Clinical Department of Nuclear Medicine at the MHH is the only institution where nuclear medicine is offered as a PJ tertial as part of HannibaL.
Teaching material is available via the internal learning management system ILIAS.
Textbook recommendations:
Schicha/Schober: Nuclear Medicine - Basic Knowledge and Clinical Application (7th edition). Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart
(German-language standard work)
Ziessman/O'Malley/Thrall: Nuclear Medicine - The Requisites (3rd Edition). Mosby / Elsevier
(Further reference work in English)
Lecturer of nuclear medicine is Dr. Johanna Diekmann.
- to the Dr. med.:
The Clinical Department's research concept Dr. med., high-quality prospective doctoral theses on topics of preclinical and clinical molecular imaging are awarded.
Interested candidates should contact the clinic directorProf. Dr. Dr. F. Bengel.
- to the Dr. rer. nat. / Dr. rer.hum.biol.:
Scientific doctorates are also possible in the field of radiochemistry/radiopharmacy, on topics of molecular tracer development.
Interested parties should contact the Head of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Prof. Dr. T. Ross.
Due to the very broad spectrum of patients of a supramaximal care Clinical Department, the continuous updating of large-scale equipment and a constant influx of new methods from scientific developments, our Clinical Department guarantees specialist training at the highest level. Prof. Bengel has full authorization for further training in the field of nuclear medicine (60 months).
Specialist training covers all areas of the specialist field of nuclear medicine:
- Conventional organ and whole-body diagnostics
- SPECT and SPECT-CT
- PET-CT
- Thyroid outpatient clinic
- Therapy ward
- In vitro diagnostics
- Radiochemistry/Radiopharmacy
- Measurement technology / quality control / dosimetry / radiation protection
Nuclear medicine is one of the 4 main subjects in the training to become an MTA(R), which is offered by the school for medical-technical radiology assistants at the MHH.