SDMS members and non-members are now able to shop for SDMS products online. Shop our new online store by going to www.sdms.org/store, or by clicking on the “Products” link on our homepage.

Browse through CME and exam review materials, sonography pride items, and Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month promotional products, and then place an order right from your computer! Plus, SDMS members receive a discount on all items.

As a special GRAND OPENING offer, all orders placed online in October will receive FREE standard shipping! Just enter the promotional code FREESHIP during checkout.

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

1. SDMS Asks Its Newly Elected Voluteers What They Think
2. Limited SDMS Office Hours
3. SDMS Member Benefit Spotlight: Free Online CME Credits
4. SDMS Online Store Grand Opening!
5. Upcoming SDMS Webinars
6. Technology Corner
7. It's Not Too Late to Make Your Way to Music City!
8. We Can't Do It Without You! 2009 SDMS/SDMS Foundation Medal Level Supporters
9. Thank You to the 2009 SDMS Annual Conference Sponsors
10. Celebrate Sonography!
11. SDMS Fellow Spotlight
12. 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.

Participate in live presentations or watch the recordings at your convenience. Then take the test for instant CME credit, absolutely free for SDMS members.

The SDMS Webinar Series is a series of live or recorded CME presentations delivered via the Internet to SDMS members conveniently to their home or work computer. Using your computer and a phone, you have access to exciting information presented by world-class sonographers. The SDMS Webinar Series is available FREE to current SDMS members.

Even you are unable to participate in these live webinars, you can still view a recording of the webinar.

In just two weeks, conference attendees, SDMS board of directors and staff will make their way to Nashville, Tennessee for the 2009 SDMS Annual Conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

There’s still time for you to make your way to Music City too. SDMS is accepting walk-ins at the conference.

So if you are in need of CME credits, looking for a new ultrasound machine or just want an opportunity to network with your colleagues, join us in Nashville. We’ll be waiting for you.

The 2009 SDMS Annual Conference offers a total 23 possible continuing medical education (CME) credits. SDMS CME credits are accepted by the following registries: ARDMS, ARRT, CCI, and CARDUP.

Questions? Contact the SDMS Meetings Department at 800-229-9506 X 112 or meetings@sdms.org

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 October puzzle is titled Hepatobiliary System and was submitted by Paul Maria, BA, RDMS, RVT.

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.

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.

• John Wild: 1914-2009
  Ultrasound Pioneer Offered Early Glimpses Inside Body
  http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB125365939548932121-lMyQjAxMDI5NTIzNDYyNTQ5Wj.html



• When Honesty is the Best Health Policy
  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/12/eveningnews/main5306072.shtml



• FAUST: Ultrasound guidance improves femoral access in cases of high bifurcation, reduces risk of complication
  http://www.theheart.org/article/1008965.do



• School hit with class action complaint for allegedly misrepresenting the accreditation of its Ultrasound program
  http://www.hbindependent.com/articles/2009/09/30/top_stories/hbi-classaction092409.txt