{"id":30,"date":"2024-10-09T15:18:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draft-health101\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2024-12-04T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T16:28:31","slug":"my-major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/my-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why I Chose This Major<\/strong><br \/>I chose nuclear medicine because I\u2019m really interested in how science and technology can help people. Learning the differences in the field and about how radioisotopes are used to detect and treat diseases feels like an exciting way to make a career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience in the Field<\/strong><br \/>As a freshman, I\u2019m just starting to learn the basics of nuclear medicine. I\u2019m currently focusing on understanding the science behind it, like the use of radioisotopes and imaging methods like PET scans. I plan on doing some job shadowing so will be getting into contact with the person(s) in charge of making that happen.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37601\/2024\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37601\/2024\/11\/image.png 334w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37601\/2024\/11\/image-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why I Chose This MajorI chose nuclear medicine because I\u2019m really interested in how science and technology can help people. Learning the differences in the field and about how radioisotopes are used to detect and treat diseases feels like an exciting way to make a career. Experience in the FieldAs a freshman, I\u2019m just starting&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/my-major\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30018,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/colin-schmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}