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SDMS Sound NewsTM
Volume 5, Issue 11
November 30, 2003
ISSN 1543-0448
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In This Issue...
This issue of SDMS Sound News is sponsored by the Amersham Health, a GOLD sponsor of SDMS.
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Amersham Health is the leading global pharmaceutical provider of diagnostic imaging products. Amersham Health is dedicated to providing healthcare professionals with products that expand and improve their diagnostic capabilities and contribute to the treatment of disease. With a focus in cardiovascular imaging, Amersham Health markets Optison (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres for Injection, USP) for use in echocardiography.
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SDMS Sound News is a way of sharing important or time-sensitive news with our members. It supplements our print newsletter, News Wave and provides links to new information and services available on the SDMS web site. SDMS Sound News is published
monthly. An archive of past issues is available at http://www.sdms.org/lists/soundnewsarchive.asp
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SDMS Member: [[FirstName]] [[LastName]]
Membership Expires: [[ExpDate]]
Email Address: [[Email]]
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1. SDMS Discussion Forums - A Sense of Community
The SDMS Discussion Forums are an area where you can meet with your friends and colleagues, search for answers to previously posted questions, or to ask your own question. You can even "subscribe" to a topic and receive email notification anytime someone posts a message on that topic!
Access to the SDMS Discussion Forums is a member beneift (access is restricted to current SDMS members only). Any SDMS member may read the discussions - If you would like to post a question or respond to someone's question, you will need to complete a short registration process.
Complete instructions can be found in the SDMS Discussion Forums User's Guide and answers to common questions can be found in the SDMS Discussion Forum FAQ
Or, if you're ready to access the SDMS Discussion Forums, click here
Currently Available Forums
- Abdomen (AB)
- Discussion of issues related to the Abdomen specialty.
- Adult Echocardiography (AE)
- Discussion of issues related to the Adult Echocardiography specialty.
- Breast (BR)
- Discussion of issues related to the Breast Ultrasound specialty.
- Cardiovascular Principles & Instrumentation (CPI)
- Discussion of issues related to cardiovascular principles and instrumentation.
- Career/Job Issues
- Discussion of issues related to your job/career in sonography such as job descriptions, policies, salary negotiations.
- Educators
- Discussion of educational issues, techniques, etc. for those involved in sonography education.
- Government Affairs
- Discussion of legislative and regulatory issues that impact sonographers.
- International
- Discussions for SDMS members located outside the United States and Canada (including all other countries and US Military [AP,AA,AE])
- Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI)
- Discussion of musculoskeletal injuries and their impact on sonographers. [Sponsored by Biodex Medical Systems, Inc.]
- National Certification Examinations
- Discussion of how to prepare for National Certification Examinations.
- Neurosonology (NE)
- Discussion of issues related to the Neurosonology specialty.
- OB/GYN (OB)
- Discussion of issues related to the Obstetric/Gynecology specialty.
- Ophthalmology (OP)
- Discussion of issues related to the Ophthalmology specialty.
- Pediatric Echocardiography (PE)
- Discussion of issues related to the Pediatric Echocardiography specialty.
- Region 1
- Discussions for SDMS members located in Region 1 [AK,CA,HI,ID,OR,NV,WA]
- Region 2
- Discussions for members located in Region 2 [CO,MT,NE,ND,SD,UT,WY]
- Region 3
- Discussions for SDMS members located in Region 3 [AR,AZ,KS,LA,NM,OK,TX]
- Region 4
- Discussions for SDMS members located in Region 4 [IA,IL,IN,MN,MO,OH,MI,WI]
- Region 5
- Discussions for SDMS members located in Region 5 [CT,DC,DE,MA,MD,ME,NH,NJ,NY,PA,RI,WV,VT]
- Region 6
- Discussions for SDMS members located in Region 6 [AL,FL,GA,KY,MS,NC,SC,TN,VA]
- Region 7
- Discussions for SDMS members located in Region 7 [Canada]
- Reimbursement
- Discussion of issues related to reimbursement.
- Research
- Discussion of issues, techniques, etc related to research in diagnostic medical sonography.
- SDMS Educational Foundation
- Discussion of the grants and award programs available to SDMS members.
- Students
- Discussion of issues related to being a sonography student and pursuing a career in sonography.
- Tips on using the SDMS Discussion Forums
- Find/post tips on using the SDMS Discussion Forums
- Ultrasound Physics & Instrumentation (UPI)
- Discussion of issues related to ultrasound physics and instrumentation.
- Ultrasound Practitioner
- Discussions about efforts to establish Ultrasound Practitioner programs.
- Vascular (VT)
- Discussion of issues related to the Vascular Sonography specialty.
- Vascular Principles & Instrumentation (VPI)
- Discussion of issues related to vascular principles and instrumentation.
- Veterinary Ultrasound
- Discussion of issues related to provision of veterinary ultrasound.
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3. Call for Papers
The editor and editorial board of the Journal of Diagnostic Medial Sonography (JDMS) hope you will consider submitting sonography articles to our journal. The JDMS is the leading journal for sonographers, vascular sonographers, cardiac sonographers and diagnostic medical imaging professionals. As the official journal of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, JDMS provides a scholarly resource where members can share information with colleagues through publication of clinical practice review articles, innovative and practical research, case studies, and symposia. The articles are abstracted in CINAHL database, CUMULATIVE INDEX TO NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH LITERATURE, and EMBASE / Excerpta Medica.
To continue its current growth and exceptional quality, the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography is actively soliciting quality articles and case studies. The journal invites your submission on the following topics:
| Abdominal sonography | Neurosonology |
| Adult Cardiac sonography | OB/GYN Sonography |
| Breast Diagnosis | Ophthalmology |
| Cardiovascular Principles & Instrumentation | Pediatric Cardiac Sonography |
| Career and Job Issues | Reimbursement Issues |
| Certification and Accreditation Issues | Research Issues and Methods |
| Education | Ultrasound Instrumentation |
| General Medicine Sonography | Vascular Principles |
| Government / Regulation Issues | Vascular Sonography |
| Musculoskeletal Diagnosis | Veterinary Ultrasound |
For more information about writing for the JDMS, visit:
http://www.sdms.org/jdms/authors.asp
Submit manuscripts to:
Jean Lea Spitz, Editor
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
PO Box 21843
Oklahoma City, OK 73156-1843
e-mail: jdmseditor@sdms.org
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4. Certification News
ARDMS ANNOUNCES 1,000th BREAST SPECIALTY CERTIFICANT
The American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) has announced that it has awarded its 1,000th certification in the breast sonography specialty. This result was hailed as 'making a significant difference in women's lives by improving the delivery of breast health-care and enhancing patient safety'. The registry also cited a recent American Cancer Society document, which noted that; "Ultrasound has become a valuable diagnostic adjunct to mammography", and included reference to the shortage of quality breast sonographers. The ARDMS Breast Certification exam was identified as a critical tool for dealing with the shortage of breast sonographers. Candidates for Breast specialty certification must verify extensive clinical experience in breast sonography and must pass two rigorous exams covering ultrasound physics and instrumentation and specific areas of breast sonography shown to be most important for quality practice.
For additional information, visit:
http://www.ardms.org/whatsnew/whatsnew_frameset.html
Note: The SDMS offers a National Certification Examination Review for Breast (http://www.sdms.org/products/ncer.asp) which has been a very popular and effective tool in assisting sonographers to prepare for the ARDMS Breast Certification exam.
ARRT ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF SONOGRAPHY CERTIFICATION TO NON R.T.s
The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) has announced that the ARRT Sonography certification exam, previously available only to R.T.'s, will be made available to individuals who are not already registered in radiologic technology beginning in 2005. Non R.T.s who are interested in pursuing this credential will be required to be a graduate of an 'appropriately-accredited sonography educational program' and have completed the ARRT-defined clinical requirements and met ARRT's ethical standards to take the test. Since its inception in 2000, the ARRT Sonography certification exam has required candidates to hold registration in radiography or a support category of radiology such as nuclear medicine technology or radiation therapy. According to ARRT staff, there are currently 36 RT's throughout the U.S. who have taken and passed the ARRT Sonography certification exam.
For additional information, visit:
http://www.arrt.org/website/newsite/new/WN_2nd Son path.htm
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of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Plano, TX. All Rights Reserved.
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