1. The student should be able to evaluate, select and recommend a radiopharmaceutical for a particular patient in the provision of pharmaceutical care.

2. The student should be able to interact with healthcare professionals or to patient with respect to the proper use of radiopharmaceuticals.

3. The student should be able to monitor a patient with respect to the proper use and therapeutic endpoints of radiopharmaceuticals .

1. To understand the relationship between chemical and physical properties of radioactivity.

2. To gain an understanding of the basic concepts of the measurement of radioactivity

3. To gain an understanding of how radiation interacts with biological tissues.

4. To understand the concepts of chemical kinetics and drug stability as it applies to radiopharmaceuticals.

5. To familiarize the student with which isotopes are used and why.

6. To familiarize the student with common radiopharmaceuticals, how they are made, tested and used.

7. To understand how diseases impact the distribution of radiopharmaceuticals.

8. To understand how concurrent drug use can influence radiopharmaceutical distribution.

9. To develop the ability to integrate course presentations to solve pharmaceutically relevant problems in an open forum

10. To understand basic pharmaceutical calculations and their application to nuclear pharmacy practice.