The technical standards demonstrate you have the necessary skills and knowledge to be a candidate for national board registries. Please read and understand the information presented on this page. You will be asked to verify you can meet these standards with or without accommodation(s). Applicants who disclose a disability are considered for admission if they are otherwise qualified.

The program prepares candidates to practice nuclear medicine technology within organizations and businesses. Graduates require knowledge and skills to function in diverse practice settings. An essential requirement for completing the nuclear medicine technology certificate program is an ability to function within a clinical learning environment and to interact with a variety of interprofessional teams and patients. Candidates admitted to the program must be able to perform the following.

Successful completion of the certificate program in nuclear medicine technology implies that the graduate will have acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and competently deliver patient care as a nuclear medicine technologist. In the role as a health care provider, the nuclear medicine technologist must be able to deliver urgent and non-urgent care to patients of all ages and in all settings including a hospital, chronic care facilities and in the home. The current health care system also requires the nuclear medicine technologist to be skilled in age-specific patient education. Therefore, all applicants and matriculating students must meet the expectations listed below. These expectations may be achieved with or without reasonable accommodation.

The following abilities and expectations are required of all graduates and matriculating students in the nuclear medicine technology certificate program at the University of Kansas.

Visual – Auditory: The applicant/student must be able to accurately observe patients from a distance or close at hand, correctly read and interpret digital, analogue or graphic gauges, scales and monitors, and recognize biohazardous fluids. The applicant/student must be able to hear audio and see visual alarms. They must also be able to hear breath and heart sounds with a stethoscope and see cardiac/pulmonary waveforms on monitoring screens.

Sensory-Motor: The applicant/student must have sufficient fine and gross motor skill capabilities to perform patient care procedures. These procedures include but are not limited to the following: palpating, auscultating, percussing the chest, administering medications using airway and endotracheal access, obtaining blood samples from veins and arteries, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, turning and lifting patients, moving heavy, bulky equipment, maneuvering in tight places, and assembling and calibrating respiratory care equipment.

Communication: The applicant/student must be able to communicate accurately, orally and in writing, with all members of the health care team. They must also be able to perceive non-verbal communication. They must be able to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients, families and health care providers.

Intellectual-Conceptual, Integrative, and Quantitative Abilities: The applicant/student must be able to comprehend and apply concepts to the clinical setting. This involves physiologic measurements, mathematical computation, information gathering, interpretation and analysis of data, and problem solving.

Behavioral and Social Attributes: The applicant/student must act professionally and exercise good judgement, critical thinking, complete patient care responsibilities, and maintain effective relationships with others in classroom, laboratory and clinical settings. Applicants/students must be able to tolerate physically taxing workloads and to function effectively under stress. They must be able to adapt to changing environments, display flexibility and function in the uncertainties inherent to the health care setting. Compassion, integrity, concern for others, interpersonal skills, interest and motivation are all important personal important qualities.

Candidates are also encouraged to review the Students with Disabilities Policy, which contains additional information related to academic accommodations.

Accommodations

KU Medical Center is committed to equal opportunity for students with disabilities. All students admitted to the KU nuclear medicine technology certificate program must be able to meet the requirements and expectations of the technical standards with or without accommodation(s).

Reasonable accommodations will be considered and may be made to qualified students who disclose a disability, so long as such accommodation does not significantly alter the essential requirements of the curriculum and the training program or significantly affect the safety of patient care.

Students who disclose a disability are considered for the program if they are otherwise qualified. Qualified students with a disability who wish to request accommodations should provide appropriate documentation of disability and submit a request for accommodation to the following office:

Academic Accommodation Services
ada-kumc@kumc.edu
913-945-7035 (711 TTY)
Room 1006 Dykes Library, KU Medical Center