Internships

We recommend that you do volunteer work at hospitals during summers. This will help you ensure that this is a field you want to pursue and will make you more competitive for internships.

After successfully completing the 90 credit program at the Barry campus, the student may apply for a 12-15 month period of academic and clinical training in an approved School of Nuclear Medicine Technology. The university will grant 30 semesters hours of credit for this internship program. The student chooses their own internship, and we have resource materials and assistance here on campus to assist in this process.

All internships need to be accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT): www.jrcnmt.org.

You can use the above website, the internship book available in our resource room, or you can look on the web for internships. When deciding to apply for an internship you should:

1. Check that it is accredited by checking on the above website, calling them or writing them. Accreditation is a must; otherwise you will not be eligible to apply for a license (which you need to practice).
2. Check out their requirements i.e. GPA, additional coursework, length of program, deadline for application, etc.
3. Bring the information to Dr. Ana Jimenez, Director of Internships and a copy to your advisor, this should be done well before the deadline (at least a month) since a legal agreement may need to be drafted with the internship of your choice.

What will the internship be like? A person entering this field should possess technical and math/science aptitudes. The candidate should be a self-motivated, caring, emotionally stable, and pleasant person. Students work with patients to obtain diagnostic information under the direct supervision of a Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist. Responsibilities may include: radiation safety, quality control, radioactive drug preparation and administration, operation of clinical instruments and computers, positioning of patients for imaging procedures, collection and preparation of biological specimens, and data analysis.

Program Location

Students apply individually for the 12-15 month program of clinical training at the internship sites of their choice. Resources are available on campus to help the student in deciding which internships to apply for. Locally, internships are currently available at Jackson Memorial Hospital for six guaranteed slots per year for Barry students who meet the requirements outlined by Barry and Jackson. Barry has an agreement with Jackson Memorial Hospital which is part of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center and which is the largest medical center in South Florida and one of the largest in the nation. Radiology services at Jackson Memorial Hospital has sponsored the program in Nuclear Medicine Technology since 1971.