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Nuclear Medicine Physicians

Medical

  • Average Salary

    RM3100 - RM 4200

  • Career Trends

  • Compability

What is Nuclear Medicine Physicians?

Diagnose and treat diseases using radioactive materials and techniques. May monitor radionuclide preparation, administration, and disposition.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM3100 - RM 4200

Example of a Job Position

Assistant Professor of Radiology
Associate Professor of Radiology
Director of Nuclear Medicine;?Medical Director
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
Department of Nuclear Medicine

Task

? Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings ? Check and approve the quality of diagnostic images before patients are discharged ? Establish and enforce radiation protection standards for patients and staff ? Interpret imaging data and confer with other medical specialists to formulate diagnoses ? Prescribe radionuclides and dosages to be administered to individual patients

Knowledge

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Physics

Knowledge and predictions about the principles of physics, law, relations between the two, and applications for understanding liquids, materials, atmospheric, mechanical, electrical, atomic, atomic sub-structures and processes.

Medical Science and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human wounds, diseases, and deformities. These include symptoms, alternative treatments, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health measures

Biology

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, function, interdependence, and their interactions with the environment and each other.

Skills

Active Learning

Understand the implications of new information for basic decision making and problem solving now and in the future.

Active Listening

Give full attention to the words of others, set aside time to understand the points presented, ask questions appropriately, and not interrupt at the wrong time

Talking

Talk to others to convey information effectively

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Capability

  • 1

    Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to certain problems in order to produce reasonable answers.

  • 2

    Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules and conclusions (including finding relationships between seemingly unconnected events).

  • 3

    Oral Understanding - The ability to listen and understand information and ideas conveyed through words and oral sentences

  • 4

    Near Distance Vision - The ability to see details at close range (a few feet away from the object).

  • 5

    Written Understanding - Ability to read and understand information and ideas conveyed through writing

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