SDMS Sound News

Volume 8, Issue 11          November 30, 2006                ISSN 1543-0448

 
  In This Issue...

  1. Call for Nominations - SDMS 2007 Elections and Awards
  2. Perception is Reality - Image of a Professional
  3. SDMS Member Exclusive: Two SDMS Annual Conference Lectures Available Online
  4. New JDMS CME Article Added
  5. Nuchal Translucency Quality Review (NTQR) Program Launches NT Examiner Newsletter
  6. SDMS Holiday Schedule
  7. News & Notes
  8. Important Dates


This issue of SDMS Sound News is sponsored by the
SDMS Educational Foundation.

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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  1. Call for Nominations - SDMS 2007 Elections and Awards - TIME SENSITIVE!

SDMS members may use our online nomination form to submit their nominations for various association elected positions and awards including:

Board of Directors

  • President-Elect
  • Vice President
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
  • 3 open positions for "At-Large" Directors
Committee Positions
  • 2 open positions on the SDMS Finance Committee
  • 2 open positions on the SDMS Nominating Committee
Awards
  • SDMS Fellow*
  • Distinguished Educator Award*
  • Joan P. Baker Pioneer Award
* Additional form(s) must also be submitted.

The deadline for all nominations is February 16, 2007. Please go to http://www.sdms.org/members/nominateform.asp for the online nomination form.

 
 

Donald T. Milburn RDCS, RVT, FSDMS
2. Perception is Reality - Image of a Professional

On October 13, Don Milburn presented the first Stephen M. McLaughlin Memorial Lecture during the 2006 SDMS Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. The lecture is named for Stephen McLaughlin, a former SDMS President who lost his battle with brain cancer in 2005. Stephen McLaughlin's wife and daugher were on hand to introduce Mr. Milburn.

Mr. Milburn's lecture titled Perception is Reality - Image of a Professional hit home with the Annual Conference attendees and people have been talking about it ever since! Following are a few conference participant comments:

Everything was great but I must say Don Milburn's Memorial Lecture was great not only for my professional ethics but for my personal life as well. Thank you!
Anonymous

Don Milburn's lecture was very timely and really hit home.
Judith Wunsch
Fort Morgan, CO

Mr. Milburn gave an awesome talk, one of the best yet. All sonographers should hear this.
Donna D. Aquirre Lewis
Texas City, Texas

Mr. Milburn’s lecture is now available as an online presentation on the SDMS website. While it is accessible to all sonographers to view and listen, SDMS members can also receive one CME credit by successfully completing a CME post-test.

NOTE: Attendees of the lecture in Denver are NOT eligible to receive CME credit for this activity.

To view the presentation, you will need a computer with speakers or headphones, Internet access, a web browser with Adobe Flash Player (and Adobe Reader to view the transcript) installed.

To View the Presentation:

SDMS Members (CME credit available - requires SDMS member login) http://www.sdms.org/members/3354/default.asp

Non-Members (no CME credit available)
http://www.sdms.org/seminar/ac2006/sa-22/

A tutorial on using the online presentation interface available at: http://www.sdms.org/seminar/tutorial/tutorial.htm

A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page is also available at: http://www.sdms.org/members/3354/3354faq.asp

 
  3. SDMS Member Exclusive: Two SDMS Annual Conference Lectures Available Online

Miss the 2006 SDMS Annual Conference in Denver? SDMS members can earn CME credit for viewing the two newly released online presentations.

Legislative and Regulatory Update is presented by Mark Tyndall, a member of the SDMS’ lobbying team. Mr. Tyndall highlights many of the issues affecting the Medicare program and how these issues are affecting sonography. He also discusses the SDMS’ advocacy activities that have been undertaken by the SDMS at federal and state levels. http://www.sdms.org/members/3355/

Legal-Medical Issues for the Sonographer: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You is presented by William Sarraille, an attorney and member of the SDMS’ lobbying team. Mr. Sarraille offers insight into ways a sonographer can protect themselves from legal risk. http://www.sdms.org/members/3355/

To view the presentations, you will need a computer with speakers or headphones, Internet access, a web browser with Adobe Flash Player (and Adobe Reader to view the transcript) installed.

See the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) pages for more information:
http://www.sdms.org/members/3355/3355faq.asp
http://www.sdms.org/members/3356/3356faq.asp

NOTE: Attendees at these lectures in Denver are NOT eligible to receive CME credit for this online activity.

 
  4. New JDMS CME Article Added

The Nov/Dec 2006 Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography CME article "Integrating 3D Sonography With Targeted MRI in the Prenatal Diagnosis of Posterior Cleft Palate Plus Cleft Lip" has been added to the online archive of JDMS CME articles.

Members can log in, read the article, and take the CME test at http://www.sdms.org/members/JDMS/default.asp#available

 
  5. Nuchal Translucency Quality Review (NTQR) Program Launches NT Examiner Newsletter

The Nuchal Translucency Oversight Committee published the first edition of the Nuchal Translucency Quality Review (NTQR) Program Newsletter, the NT Examiner. The newsletter is a quarterly update of information and activities of the NTQR Program. It is intended for key stakeholders; providers of NT and first trimester risk assessment as well as laboratories, allied associations and societies, and insurers.

You can read the newsletter online at https://www.ntqr.org/SM/Newsletters/NTExaminer_1.htm

 
  6. SDMS Holiday Schedule

The SDMS office will be closed on the following dates:

  • Friday, December 22nd
  • Monday, December 25th
  • Friday, December 29th
  • Monday, January 1st
Have a safe and happy holiday season!
 
  7. News & Notes

The News & Notes column includes links to web-based news articles of interest to sonographers. To submit articles, send the URL to webmaster@sdms.org

 
  8. Important Dates
December 22-25 SDMS Office Closed
December 29-January 1 SDMS Office Closed
February 16 Deadline for Nominations for SDMS Board of Directors, Committees, and Awards


 
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