1. Sonographer Symptom Survey - Win an Apple^® Video iPod!

In 1995, a survey was conducted in the US and Canada to determine the extent of musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) suffered by sonographers in the performance of their daily work. The incidence response was dramatic with 84% of practicing Sonographers reporting an MSI at some point during their career. In the last twelve years people from hospitals, schools and industry have joined together to combat the MSI career-threatening problem. Much has been learned in the last 12 years but we still have a long way to go. Awareness of the problem is far greater today than it was in 1995; but what is not known is whether that awareness has translated to higher or lower incidence rates. We feel it's time to update the survey to reflect the current environment. Our goal is to establish the current incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in sonography.

Please help by participating in the ‘Sonographer Symptom Survey’ currently in progress. Your participation in the survey will help make our profession stronger and safer. If you haven’t done so already, please take a few moments to complete the survey.

SDMS has joined the ARDMS and Sound Ergonomics in a collaborative effort to acquire the data and share the results with the profession and the SDMS membership. Please visit www.soundergonomics.com and then click on the red “Sonographer Symptom Survey” line. The survey will continue through February 29, 2008.

Please answer ALL the questions presented in this survey. Your input is vital to the health of our profession. We thank you for your participation.