Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

51. - Health professions and related programs

This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to practice as licensed professionals and assistants in the health care professions and related clinical sciences and administrative and support services.

51.09 - Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 51.0901 to 51.0999.

51.0905 - Nuclear medical technology/technologist

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to employ radioactive and stable nuclides in diagnostic evaluations and therapeutic applications while monitoring for patient health and safety. These programs include courses in nuclear physics, health physics, instrumentation and statistics, biochemistry, immunology, radiopharmacology, radiation biology, clinical nuclear medicine, radionuclide therapy, computer applications, safety regulations, equipment operation, quality control, laboratory procedures, taking patient histories, patient evaluation and monitoring, emergency first aid, administration and record keeping, and personnel supervision.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • nuclear medical technologist
  • nuclear medical technology
  • nuclear medicine technician
  • nuclear medicine technologist
  • nuclear medicine technology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • medical radiation technology(51.0907)
  • nuclear engineering(14.2301)
  • nuclear engineering technology(15.1401)
  • nuclear medicine - residency(60.0418)
  • nuclear radiology - residency(60.0545)
  • radiation biology(26.0209)
  • radiological technologist(51.0911)