Embryology, anatomy and physiology of the thyroid; radiopharmaceuticals used for thyroid and parathyroid imaging; clinical application of thyroid function tests; scintigraphic patterns of thyroid disease; radionuclide diagnosis and treatment of hyperthyroidism; radionuclide diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer; CT and ultrasound imaging of the thyroid; MR and scintigraphic correlation of thyroid disorders; paediatric thyroid imaging; scintigraphic diagnosis of parathyroid disorders; MR in parathyroid imaging.