2026 PROGRAM

ENROLLMENT

This course is linked to the DOT Highway course. You cannot access this course without first enrolling in a DOT Highway course. Automatic access will be given after enrollment in the prerequisite course.

OVERVIEW

This course is supplemental to DOT Training for Highway Shippers of Radioactive Materials for ground transport of radioactive materials and is NOT available as a separate course. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that all other DOT training requirements have been met as outlined in the Prerequisites listed below.

Goal: The goal of this program is to provide required training specific to the packaging, labeling and proper documentation of packages containing radioactive materials with the proper shipping name of Radioactive Material, Type A Package to be offered for transport by domestic air carriers.

Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of DOT Training for Highway Shippers of Radioactive Materials for either Radiopharmacy/Manufacturing Facility employees or Nuclear Medicine Technologists.

1. General awareness and familiarization with radioactive materials.
2. General safety considerations for radioactive materials.
3. Security awareness training.

OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss the regulatory agencies responsible for US air transport of radioactive materials.
• Discuss the input of advisory groups who influence the regulations of air transport of dangerous goods.
• Explain the requirements for appropriate packaging and labeling of packages offered for domestic air transport.
• Complete a Dangerous Goods Air bill for Radioactive Material, Type A Package.

2026 PROGRAM

OVERVIEW

ENROLLMENT

This course is self enrolled by employees only. An instruction PDF will be provided to you by your company representative. Enrollment duration is 1 year or until December 31st.

If you are unable to access this course after following the instructions, please contact HSC-NEOTechSupport@salud.unm.edu

The DOT Training for Highway Shippers and Transporters of Radioactive Material/Radiopharmaceuticals - Courier Services course is intended for those who make deliveries only and do not prepare packages or shipping documents for radioactive materials.

The DOT training requirements covered in this course include:

1. General awareness and familiarization with radioactive materials.
2. General safety considerations for radioactive materials.
3. Security awareness training.
4. Function-specific training for the training for the transport and delivery of radioactive materials.

OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Define hazardous materials.
• Discuss the general safety considerations associated with the transport of radioactive materials.
• Describe the security measures to be taken with radiopharmaceuticals.
• Describe the specific considerations for the safe transport and delivery of packages of radioactive materials.

This course is for Students

This course meets the training requirements established by the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy for qualification of New Mexico licensed pharmacists’ prescriptive authority for tobacco cessation drug therapy. [16.19.26.10 NMAC-N, 12-15-02]

For enrollment information please contact:

Association Administrator
New Mexico Pharmacists Association 2716 San Pedro Dr. NE, Suite C
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 265-8729 or (800) 464-8729
Fax: (505) 255-8476
admin@nmpha.comcastbiz.net
www.nm-pharmacy.com

http://www.nmpharmacy.org/education-and-events/

GOAL

The goal of this course is to provide the nuclear pharmacy technician with the knowledge to demonstrate drug information, follow correct procedures pertaining to the accurate calculation and measurement of prescription radiopharmaceuticals and to assist the nuclear pharmacist in administrative and customer service issues on a daily basis within the governing laws and regulations of the specific practice site.

PREREQUISITES

• Employment in a nuclear pharmacy
• A minimum of 90-days experience as a nuclear pharmacy technician.
• Authorized Nuclear Pharmacist preceptor

This course does not award CPE credit.

This is an advanced curriculum for Obstetric and Gynecologic ultrasound  for the third year Ob Gyn residents. It is  incorporated into the MFM rotation . The objectives are  progressive over the weeks of the curriculum .

This curriculum is adapted from the publication by the American Institute of Ultrasound of Medicine ( AIUM)  called “ Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology , Report of a Multi-specialty Task Force on Ultrasound Training Curriculum and Competency Assessment in Residency Programs “

GOAL:

At the conclusion of the  curriculum ,  it is expected that the resident can perform a basic “standard “ ob ultrasound and gynecologic ultrasound study. It is also expected that the resident will be familiar with common  variants and abnormalities of the pregnant and non-pregnant pelvis.

 These skills can then be incorporated into the final  scope of one’s career choice, whether it is performance and interpretation of one’s own studies, reviewing images and reports performed by others, or both.   

COMPONENTS:

The rotations consists of four basic  components over 8 weeks  :

1.       Objectives

2.       Reading materials.

All will be available on the curriculum, via on line links to the UNM Library, or via e book.

Some of these resources will also be available to read in the MFM reading rooms at both UMN Women’s Imaging and the Eubank office

3.       Hands on scanning sessions  

4.       Thursday afternoon  didactics