About the Program
The nuclear medicine imaging sciences program is a full-time online program with a cohort of 40 students beginning each fall semester and continuing through the following spring and summer semesters. The program consists of 80 semester credits of prerequisite course work and 40 semester credits in the program for a total of semester 120 credits. Graduates receive a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences.
The “classroom courses” are conducted via distance education using Blackboard, primarily through the Internet, by faculty at UAMS. Clinical education is conducted at a variety of clinical affiliates in Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Rogers, Arkansas; Dallas, Longview, and Tyler, Texas; Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. The number and location of clinical affiliates may change. Students from these areas are encouraged to apply for admission and if accepted will be able to complete the program from any location where active clinical affiliates are present.
Clinical Affiliates
The Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences Program partners with several clinical affiliate sites to provide students with diverse clinical experiences.
Below are the current clinical affiliates by state. The number and location of clinical affiliates may change at any time.
Arkansas
The clinical affiliates in central Arkansas, include the following:
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital (Little Rock)
- Cardinal Health — Nuclear Pharmacy Services (Little Rock)
- CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic – Little Rock, AR – Kanis (Little Rock)
- Conway Regional Health System (Conway)
- Jefferson Regional Medical Center (Pine Bluff)
- John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans’ Hospital (Little Rock)
- CHI St. Vincent Infirmary (Little Rock)
- UAMS Medical Center (Little Rock)
The clinical affiliates in northwest Arkansas, include the following:
- Baptist Health-Fort Smith (Fort Smith)
- Cardinal Health — Nuclear Pharmacy Services (Fayetteville)
- Highlands Oncology — Positron Emission Tomography Services (Springdale and Rogers)
- Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas (Rogers)
- Washington Regional Medical Center (Fayetteville)
The clinical affiliates in northeast Arkansas, include the following:
- NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital (Jonesboro)
- Red River Pharmacy of Jonesboro (Jonesboro)
- St. Bernards Medical Center (Jonesboro)
Alabama
The clinical affiliates in Mobile, Alabama, include the following:
- IonSouth Nuclear Pharmacy
- Mobile Molecular Imaging
- Springhill Medical Center
Louisiana
The clinical affiliates in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, include the following:
- Ochsner Medical Center
- Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove
- Cardinal Health — Nuclear Pharmacy Services
The clinical affiliates in Shreveport, Louisiana, include the following:
- Cardinal Health — Nuclear Pharmacy Services
- Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapy
- Ochsner LSU Health System of North Louisiana
- Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
Nebraska
The clinical affiliates in Omaha, Nebraska, include the following:
- Bellevue Medical Center
- Cardinal Health — Nuclear Pharmacy Services
- Children’s Nebraska
- Nebraska Medicine Omaha
Oklahoma
The clinical affiliates in Tulsa, Oklahoma, include the following:
- Ascension St. John Medical Center
- Cardinal Health — Nuclear Pharmacy Services
- Saint Francis Health System
Texas
The clinical affiliates in Dallas, Texas, include the following:
- Cardinal Health — Nuclear Pharmacy Services
- Baylor Scott & White Cardiology Consultants of Texas
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center — Plano
- Children’s Medical Center Dallas
- UT Southwestern Clinical Ancillary Services Clinic
- UT Southwestern Medical Center — Positron Emission Tomography Services
- VA North Texas Health Care System
The clinical affiliates in Tyler, Texas, include the following:
- CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center — Longview
- CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital — Tyler
- Longview Regional Medical Center
- NuTech Inc. — Radiopharmacy Services
- UT Health East Texas Cardiac Plaza
- UT Health Tyler
- UT Tyler Health Science Center
