The Society's newsletter, SDMS News Wave, is published in an electronic-only (PDF) format on the SDMS website. Articles appearing in the March 2009 issue of SDMS News Wave include:

1. New Mexico Passes Sonographer Licensure Bill
2. Call for Volunteers
3. Attention Cardiac and Vascular Sonographers
4. Upcoming SDMS Webinars
5. SDMS Fellow Spotlight
6. Fight Against Breast Cancer
7. New Member Scan
8. Make Your Way to Music City
9. SDMS Answers Your Calls
10. Product Spotlight
11. SDMS Welcomes New Members

NOTE: These headlines link directly to SDMS News Wave in Adobe PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later. You can download a free copy at the Adobe website.

SDMS Sonography Puzzles

SDMS Sonography Puzzles are a series of online crossword and word search puzzles that sonography educators can incorporate into their educational programs or can be used by students and sonographers just for fun. The puzzles are interactive and a fun way to learn sonography-related terminology.

The April puzzle is titled Adult Echocardiography.

Call for Puzzles!
You can help by becoming a contributor to SDMS Sonography Puzzles. Submit your word lists (or make it a project for your students or co-workers to submit) and SDMS will convert each word list into both a crossword and a word search puzzle.

Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) is performing a Job Task Analysis (JTA) for the fields of Echocardiography and Vascular Technology (Vascular Ultrasound). CCI is surveying cardiac and vascular sonographers, and asking that they rate a range of knowledge, skills, and abilities and provide commentary where appropriate.

The time you spend TODAY will positively affect the fields for YEARS! Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

CLICK HERE… to access the JTA survey. Please complete the survey by April 10!

Please feel free to send the URL of this survey to any other cardiovascular professionals in your organization and/or to those you know outside your institution, either in or outside the U.S.

CCI wishes to thank the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) for their assistance in making this survey available to as many cardiovascular professionals as possible.

The News & Notes column includes links to web-based news articles of interest to sonographers. The articles do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of the SDMS. To submit articles, send the URL to webmaster@sdms.org.

• MRI and ultrasound reveal early signs of rheumatoid arthritis
  http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/conference-reports/ecr2009/article/113619/1387429



• Ergonomics rules worry businesses
  http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/09/12/ergonomics/



• Ultrasound saves money, improves rheumatologic care
  http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47678



• Impact of the introduction of ultrasound services in a limited resource setting: Rural Rwanda 2008
  http://7thspace.com/headlines/306220/impact_of_the_introduction_of_ultrasound_services_in_ a_limited_resource_setting_rural_rwanda_2008.html



• Canadian Moms Receiving Excessive Prenatal Ultrasounds?
  http://www.ecanadanow.com/news/health/canadian-moms-receiving-excessive-prenatal-ultrasounds-20090325.html