PET Paper

Due Date: 4 hours

The professional reading assignment requires one PET article from a recent (2012, or 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016 publication) acceptable professional journal to be chosen, read, and reviewed by the student. Articles older than 2009 will not be accepted! Professional journals include The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, and Clinical Nuclear Medicine. (The RT Image, Radiology Today, and the Advance are news magazines and are not acceptable sources of articles for this assignment.) The article chosen and submitted must be a peer reviewed article (authors listed, date of submission, date of acceptance, etc). The article must be related to PET. A copy of the article MUST be included or half credit will be deducted. Students may not use an article another student has previously submitted (check with instructor if needed).

At a minimum, the typed assignment should address why that specific article was chosen, the purpose of the article, an outline of the key points covered in the article, a summary of the results or conclusions of the article, and a response by the student as to the value or potential value the information in the article has on the field of nuclear medicine technology and relate it to what you have learned as a Nuclear Medicine student. A cover page as well as a brief reference page MUST be included or points will be deducted.

This review should be typed and each major section (why, purpose, key points, summary/conclusions, response) indicated as an APA heading. This makes it easier to follow and allows me to grade them more quickly. Failure to follow these instructions will result in a 10% point deduction. Each section should contain at a minimum of one full paragraph of text. One sentence does not constitute a paragraph. My discretion will be used in whether or not this requirement has been met. You may have more than one paragraph in each section as needed, especially when reviewing the key points.

In your response, please give an honest assessment. Please explain the importance of the article or lack of importance relating to PET based on what you have learned.

The assignment should be a minimum of 3 typed pages (double spaced), but no more than 5 typed pages. This requirement does not include the cover or reference page. Assignments must be submitted through the blackboard link. Papers exceeding 5 pages (or less than 3) will be penalized. No credit will be awarded if the assignment is late.