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A reference, never a protocol. The checklists below are the program’s own, compressed to what fits on a card; they are a prompt at the machine rather than a substitute for the workflow they came from. No dose, no tracer activity and no local threshold is here.

Reader today

Resolved live from the schedule. A * means they may be at a satellite clinic.

Nuclear ReaderDr. Perkel
PET ReaderDr. Perkel
Rounding timeNot recorded
4–6 ownerNot recorded
Need details

Shown on Overview, off the schedule’s own late-fellow rota.

Level I / Level II

Read live from the active version, by effective date.

Level I · Direct nuclear cardiology experience2 months
Level II · Direct nuclear cardiology experience4 months
Level II · Nuclear physics & radiation safety course80 hours

An external course, required for the NRC and CBNC credentialing pathway.

Program orientation target · Nuclear studies300 studies

The program’s own target, not a COCATS threshold.

Program orientation target · PET studies40 studies

Stated for Level II.

Program orientation target · Exercise treadmills200 tests
Program orientation target · Treadmills performed50 minimum

Counted within the 200 exercise treadmills, and stated for Level II.

By training year

F1Morning ETT and image processing, afternoon readout
F2 / F3Pre-read through the day, attending feedback as studies finalize
F2 technologist weekAt least one week

Radiopharmaceutical handling and dose preparation, camera QC, and acquisition and processing.

Stress test checklist

IndicationDocumented before the test
Baseline ECGReviewed
ContraindicationsChecked
SymptomsWatched throughout
BP / HRWatched throughout
EndpointKnow it before you start
RecoveryMonitored
EscalationAbnormal findings go by telephone

SPECT checklist

In order.

1 · Raw dataBefore anything else
2 · ArtifactBefore you commit to a defect
3 · PerfusionSize and severity
4 · ReversibilityFixed or reversible
5 · Gated functionEF and wall motion
6 · Risk featuresTID, lung uptake, multivessel pattern
7 · ImpressionRisk, not only pictures

PET checklist

In order.

1 · Quality / alignmentMisregistration first
2 · PerfusionSize and severity
3 · LV functionEF and wall motion
4 · MBF / MFRIf available

§06’s own conditional — this lab may not run flow quantification routinely.

5 · High-risk featuresIncluding flow reserve patterns
6 · ImpressionRisk, not only pictures

Software

CSImportOn Citrix
Fuji PACS WebImages and PACS
PET ECGsPACS → UR Cardiac PET ECGS

Worth adding to favorites; allow pop-ups if it does not open.

Click pathsNot recorded
Need details

How each of these is reached and used locally. Named systems are facts; the sequence inside them is not.

Answered by: Program

Key communication

Unexpected or high-risk studyTelephone the ordering clinician
ThenDocument that you did
Hospital operator865-305-9000
IT Help Desk865-305-HELP
Nuclear Testing LabNot recorded
Need details

The testing lab’s own number, and how the clinical nurse and the technologist are reached.

Answered by: Program

Restricted

Shown to fellows and the coordinator only.

All door codes
Nuclear workspaceSign in to viewHidden. Sign in to view.
Where it is2nd floor, HLVI building

Logins

What UTKardio will and will not hold.

  • Cerner is an individual clinical login. UTKardio does not store a fellow’s Cerner password and never will.
  • UConcall carries schedules and inpatient and procedure billing. No shared credential was supplied, and none should be.
  • Any future shared credential lives server-side in restricted resources, behind the same permission check as a door code — see the rule in AGENTS.md.

Still needed from the program

Listed rather than guessed. These are the facts this page cannot answer.

  • Faculty reviewNuclear faculty review of the frameworks on Clinical Guide and the checklists on Quick Reference. Nothing on either page is verified and neither claims to be.

Last updated 2026-09-24 · Program, Nuclear Work Guide specification, 2026-09-24

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Last updated 2026-09-24 · Program specification