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Elaine,
as a FYI there will be no "re-testing" on physics!!! just on the technical
credentials for your specialty(ies).
Nathalie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elaine Erickson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: RVT
I was cruising through the Flownet to investigate rumors for ARDMS
recertification requirements and read a few posts about RVTs lack of
recognition and a potential perception of something less than a sonographer.
I have been both; from babies, to biliary, to breasts, to bilateral upper
and lower extremity; I have scanned much of whatever ultrasound renders
itself useful. I hold ARDMS credentials in vascular and abdomen. I take
the greatest pride in my role as an RVT.
I hold my RVT credential as one of my most valuable acquisitions over the
course of my life and I know what it took to get there. And I know I had
support and encouragement along the way for which I am ever grateful (Dr.
Schneider). I really don't care what anyone calls me, as long as I am
sought with confidence by the physician who recognizes my skills and wants
me to look at his/her patient and tell them what I see. Really, is there
any better way to convey acknowledgment than that?
And if there is a lack of appreciation, I feel that the general unawareness
of our careers leaves us in good company; the Physician Assistants. At
least the unaware public believes that I have some technical ability; while
many believe that a PA is less than a nurse. A patient a few weeks ago was
left with the impression that a PA is like an administrative assistant for
the doctors. They help to keep them organized and mop up their messes.
And I am against the recertification, just for the record. Sorry, Joe. But
I hate tests, especially when it contains the word: physics.
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