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

1. Sonographer Credentialing Bodies to Require Recertification
2. Your Role in Preventing Health Care Fraud
3. Letter From the President
4. Settlement Agreement Reached in SDMS Lawsuit
5. Upcoming 2010 SDMS and SDMS Foundation Deadlines
6. VPI Pet Insurance
7. Call for Nominations for SDMS 2010 Elections
8. SDMS 2010 Member Renewal Promotion
9. Yearend Clearance Sale
10. New Member Scan
11. Upcoming Webinars
12. SDMS Fellow Spotlight
13. 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.

Deadline: February 12, 2010

SDMS members may submit their nominations for the elected positions listed below, as well as nominate a SDMS member for Fellow status at http://www.sdms.org/members/nominateform.asp

SDMS Board of Directors:

• At Large Director (3 positions open)
• At Large Director (international)

SDMS Committee Positions:

• Nominating Committee Member (3 positions open)
• Finance Committee Member (1 position open)

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.

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 December puzzle is titled Emergency Medicine Sonography

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.

• Irish study reveals widespread ignorance of radiation risks
  http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/conference-reports/rsna2009/display/article/113619/1491688?verify=0



• Breast ultrasound spares young women unnecessary biopsies
  http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/conference-reports/rsna2009/display/article/113619/1492813



• Ultrasound Detects Shoulder Dislocation After Birth Injury
  http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Ultrasound-Detects-Shoulder-Dislocation-After-Birt/ArticleNewsFeed/Article/detail/649893?contextCategoryId=40157



• Ultrasound Might Aid Treatment of Lateral Hip Pain
  http://www.medpagetoday.com/Radiology/TherapeuticRadiology/17654