Ok... So I'm hearing from a very reliable source that it's not the  
ARDMS that specifically wants to do this (ahem). But their  
"accrediting/regulating" body is requiring it of them? Also, so if  
it's open book online.. That's even more insulting as my 3rd grade  
daughter can find answers to questions out of a book!  I think one  
would get more out of CME seminar than pulling answers out of a book  
without really having to absorb the info...   I know "tell me how u  
really feel, Doug" well glad u asked... :)

D

Doug Marcum
RDMS,RDCS,RVT(APS),RPhS
*Advanced Ultrasound Consultants
*Global Vein Solutions
www.advancedusconsultants.com
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On May 19, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Doug <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yeah... This whole thing stinks... Humbly speaking, the "APS" status  
> that I achieved years back in vascular technolody (albeit through  
> the SDMS) requires that I submit annually not only that I Have 15  
> vascular specific CMEs(per year) but also a NOTARIZED templated  
> document, signed by a supervising physician, stating I have at least  
> "X" amount of scans performed anually (think it's 800, non-issue).   
> So If the ARDMS is concerned about non-practicing persons meeting  
> their CME requirements, then maybe institute this type of  
> documentation.  Granted their are people that probably know ways to  
> jump thru any loop-hole, but that's their character defect... Just a  
> thought
>
> D
>
> PS.. I like RVT2(squared). Lol
>
> Doug Marcum
> RDMS,RDCS,RVT(APS),RPhS
> *Advanced Ultrasound Consultants
> *Global Vein Solutions
> www.advancedusconsultants.com
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> 321-231-2191
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 19, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Nancy Williams <[log in to unmask] 
> > wrote:
>
>> From the ARDMS home page
>> ..."that ARDMS should have a measurable way to assure that  
>> Registrants
>> are knowledgeable in current day practice. Continuing Medical  
>> Education
>> (CME) credits alone cannot prove that an ARDMS Registrant continues  
>> to
>> meet the minimum core sonography clinical skills in present day
>> practice;..."
>>
>> So in effect what the ARDMS is stating is that for the past twenty  
>> years
>> the work I have been doing every day, combined with my daily clinical
>> applications and the mandatory CME's was, what? a waste of my time? I
>> agree that someone who is not working cannot hope to keep their skill
>> level up by doing CME's, but to tell hard working technologists that
>> their experience on the job everyday is not proof enough that they  
>> meet
>> the " minimum core sonography clinical skills in present day  
>> practice;"
>> is insane! I measure my technologists core sonography skills every  
>> day.
>> They have to be certified, they have to do CME's and even still I  
>> do a
>> rigorous QA and now I have to tell them that there is yet another  
>> hoop
>> they have to jump through? Oy Vey!
>>
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